The stench in the coastal Venezuelan community of La Guaira is an impossible one to forget, even nearly a week after returning to the United States. It was an overwhelming combination of debris, smoke and death. The twin earthquakes that rocked Venezuela within a minute late last month led to catastrophic levels of destruction, leveling … Read more
Search-and-rescue teams have not given up in Venezuela, more than a week after the double earthquakes. On Thursday, a man was pulled out alive after being fed for days through a syringe, the only way to reach him through the rubble. Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the details. Source link
Catia La Mar, Venezuela — Hundreds of rescuers in Venezuela cheered and embraced Thursday after pulling a man alive from the ruins of a collapsed building eight days after deadly twin earthquakes, AFP journalists witnessed. With the official death toll nearing 2,300 and huge numbers of people still missing, the rescue of security guard Hernan Gil … Read more
The death toll in Venezuela continues to grow as rescue efforts continue, and earthquake survivors seek a way forward. CBS News’ Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports. Source link
About 2,000 U.S. service members are supporting relief efforts in Venezuela after last week’s devastating earthquakes, according to the head of U.S. military’s Southern Command. “The U.S. military, the Department of War, has roughly 2,000 teammates in the area on land, air and sea around Venezuela,” Gen. Francis Donovan said in a briefing Wednesday. “They … Read more
Dramatic video showed the moment a rescue team pulled a small dog from the rubble nearly a week after powerful twin earthquakes rocked Venezuela, killing hundreds of people and destroying thousands of buildings. Footage captured a search and rescue team from El Salvador pulling the dog from a crumbled building in Caraballeda, a city in … Read more
Nearly a week after two back-to-back earthquakes struck northern Venezuela, international rescue teams, including from the U.S., are still working around the clock to save people trapped under the rubble — like 44-year-old security guard Hernan Gil Flores. Gil Flores has been trapped under a partially collapsed 10-story building in La Guaira for six days. … Read more
Venezuela hits crucial point for rescues after earthquakes – CBS News Watch CBS News The search for missing Venezuelans is hitting a critical point after last week’s deadly earthquakes. CBS News’ Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more. Source link
Caracas — The race to find survivors continued Tuesday six days after powerful twin earthquakes devastated northern Venezuela. A NASA assessment based on satellite imagery suggests almost 60,000 buildings may have been damaged or destroyed, and teams from all over the world have joined increasingly frantic efforts to find anyone still trapped alive under the rubble. … Read more
The Venezuelan government now says more than 1,700 have died from the earthquakes that rocked the country last week, but search efforts continue. Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more. Source link