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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Over 50,000 people missing after Venezuela quakes: UN aid chief to AFP

Geneva: More than 50,000 people are missing after powerful twin earthquakes rocked Venezuela, the United Nations' aid chief said Friday, warning that the death toll was likely to "rise significantly".

"It's a very, very complex emergency response," Tom Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, told AFP in an interview.

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