Residents of La Guaira, a popular spot for beachgoers and the worst-hit city in the country, and Moron, near the quakes' epicenter, were scrambling amid limited official help.

Nearly 40 aftershocks and widespread communications outages have compounded the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela following twin earthquakes.

Terremotos en Venezuela | En La Guaira, los gritos en búsqueda de familiares no paran. El trabajo a pico y pala y sin maquinaria está a cargo principalmente de los propios…

Rescuers used heavy machinery and their bare hands on Friday in a race to save survivors of twin earthquakes in Venezuela that killed at least 235 people, hurt thousands and…