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Venezuela twin quakes death toll tops 1,400 as tens of thousands remain missing

Cover image: A woman cries next to damaged buildings three days after an earthquake struck in La Guaira, Venezuela, Saturday, June 27, 2026. © Matias Delacroix, AP

More than 1,400 people have died in the devastating twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela, officials said on Saturday, as international rescue teams bolstered a desperate but slow-moving search for survivors and tens of thousands remained missing. In Caracas, residents jeered interim leader Delcy Rodriguez on Friday as anger mounted over the perceived lack of an official response.

The death toll in Venezuela's twin earthquake disaster reached 1,430 Saturday, and millions more were feared to lack sanitation and other basic needs as the first US aid flights trickled into Caracas.

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