Arya News - At least 32 people were killed and around 700 others injured after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, acting President Delcy Rodríguez said early on Thursday, with casualty numbers set to rise...
At least 32 people were killed and around 700 others injured after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, acting President Delcy Rodríguez said early on Thursday, with casualty numbers set to rise further.
No casualty figures were yet available from the particularly badly affected state of La Guaira on the Caribbean coast, which Rodríguez described as a "disaster area."
She called the back-to-back earthquakes a "true tragedy" for Venezuela, while the government declared a state of emergency.
Rescue workers were searching for many people feared trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings.
Train services across the South American country were suspended, while the international airport in the capital Caracas was closed due to damage.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) measured the two earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening at magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5. A model calculation by the agency suggested a very high risk of a large number of casualties.
Rodríguez said Caracas and several states in northern Venezuela had suffered significant damage. She said 20 aftershocks had already been recorded.
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