Venezuela Reports Rising Death Toll After Powerful Twin Earthquakes. Yet Families Describe Distressing Conditions While Identifying Loved Ones.

TOPSHOT - Forensic experts carry out body identification work on corpses laid out on the ground near coffins at a makeshift morgue in the port of La Guaira, La Guaira State, Venezuela on June 29, 2026, days after twin earthquakes struck the country. Hopes were fading on June 29, 2026 of finding survivors more than four days after powerful twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, as residents grow increasingly frustrated with the government's response to the disaster that has killed at least 1,450 people and left tens of thousands unaccounted for.

Ten days after two earthquakes devastated northwestern Venezuela, the death toll continues to climb. On July 2, interim President Delcy Rodríguez said at least 2,595 people had been killed in the disaster, while at least 12,400 others were injured and 6,462 people had been rescued from the rubble.