Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTwin earthquakes, measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, struck west of Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday afternoon, causing extensive damage and loss of life. At least 235 people have been confirmed dead, nearly 4,300 injured, and rescuers are urgently searching for approximately 50,000 individuals reported missing. The tremors left thousands homeless and damaged or destroyed over 250 buildings, further impacting a nation already struggling with economic and political instability. In a rare moment of hope, Graciela Mora was dramatically pulled alive and conscious from the rubble, recounting her ordeal to emergency workers. Interim president Delcy Rodriguez declared a state of emergency, and international aid efforts are being mobilised, with Washington easing sanctions to allow for humanitarian assistance. In fullDramatic moment woman pulled from rubble after Venezuela earthquake kills hundredsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Hope in Venezuela as woman is pulled alive from earthquake rubble
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTwin earthquakes, measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, struck west of Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday afternoon, causing extensive damage and loss of life. At least 235 people have been confirmed dead, nearly 4,300 injured, and rescuers are urgently searching for approximately 50,000 individuals reported missing. The tremors left thousands homeless and damaged or destroyed over 250 buildings, further impacting a nation already struggling with economic and political instability. In a rare moment of hope, Graciela Mora was dramatically pulled alive and conscious from the rubble, recounting her ordeal to emergency workers. Interim president Delcy Rodriguez declared a state of emergency, and international aid efforts are being mobilised, with Washington easing sanctions to allow for humanitarian assistance. In fullDramatic moment woman pulled from rubble after Venezuela earthquake kills hundredsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
