Venezuelan authorities have raised the death toll to more than1,700 deaths from the twin earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that struck the country’s coastal region last Wednesday, according to the latest official report released on Sunday.
The president of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, also reported that the earthquakes left 5,034 people injured, while 15,866 remain displaced and another 22,619 are receiving care in health centres. The most worrying figure, however, comes from the United Nations, which estimates that there could be up to 68,000 people missing.
