While rescue operations are still ongoing, the death toll from the deadly earthquakes in Venezuela has reached around 1,500 people.
International media reported today that the most severe damage has been recorded in La Guaira state, a coastal region near Venezuela’s capital that has been heavily affected by the earthquakes.
Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s acting president, said that search and rescue operations are continuing. “Today, people have also been pulled alive from under the rubble, so the operation will not be stopped. We always have hope.”
Jorge Rodríguez, the president of Venezuela’s parliament, stated that by Sunday the death toll had reached 1,450 people, with more than 3,150 injured and 12,721 displaced.