The number of earthquake victims in Venezuela exceeds 4,000 people
Kyiv • UNN
The death toll from the double earthquake in Venezuela on June 24 reached 4,118 people, with 16,740 injured. The UN called for nearly $300 million in aid for 1.3 million affected people.
The death toll from the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela in late June has exceeded 4,000. Nearly 17,000 people were injured and thousands more are missing amid appeals from the UN and President Delcy Rodríguez for financial aid. This was reported by The Guardian, UNN reports.
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The death toll from the devastating double earthquake in Venezuela has exceeded 4,000. At least 4,118 people died and 16,740 were injured as a result of two successive earthquakes on June 24, which razed entire areas to the ground in the coastal state of La Guaira. Thousands more are missing
It is noted that the 7.5 magnitude earthquake - the strongest in Venezuela in over a century - occurred 39 seconds after a 7.2 magnitude tremor, destroying entire multi-story residential buildings.
The scale of the recovery efforts facing Venezuela, where public services have severely deteriorated due to a prolonged economic crisis, is enormous.
On Wednesday, the United Nations made an urgent appeal for nearly $300 million for earthquake relief operations to help 1.3 million people in urgent need in the South American country, where non-governmental organizations had until recently been the target of government repression. Mobile kitchens and clinics, as well as field hospitals, are now scattered across public spaces in the northern state of La Guaira, where most of the destruction occurred.
Recall
Venezuela is creating a fund totaling $200 million to aid reconstruction in parts of the country affected by two powerful earthquakes last week that killed at least 2,595 people.