Nearly 1,500 people are confirmed dead - but at least 50,000 are missing after back-to-back earthquakes struck the South American country on Wednesday evening.

Earthquake country's strongest in a century; US Geological Survey says "disaster is likely widespread"; at least 164 people confirmed dead.

Residents described ‘horror movie’ scenes as bodies and survivors were pulled from huge mounds of rubble

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On-site footage Wednesday and Thursday showed survivors and emergency services searching for trapped people, and survivors being taken away on stretchers. In others, residents…

The number of victims from the twin earthquake that struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday rose to at least 589 dead and 2,980 injured, according to the toll given on Friday…

Health minister says nearly 4,300 people injured

Around 4,300 people are injured; UN aid chief stresses need for “massive" collective relief efforts.

“We hope to rescue as many living people as possible’, says the acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, but authorities fear the death toll will be in the thousands

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The back-to-back earthquakes that hit Venezuela killed more than 230 people, and the toll is likely to keep rising as rescue and recovery operations ramp up.

Nearly seven million Venezuelans could be affected by this week’s double earthquakes as the death toll rises to at least 235 people amid massive, growing needs and ongoing…

Search and rescue efforts took place across Venezuela as humanitarian aid began to arrive following powerful twin earthquakes that killed at least 920 people, injured thousands…

More than 50,000 people are missing after the twin quakes struck.

The situation has grown more desperate by the hour in Venezuela as people dig through the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings.

A race against time is unfolding to rescue those trapped under the rubble following the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday. Follow for live news updates.

At least 920 people are dead, but one estimate has more than 51,000 others missing

With at least 920 dead and more than 51,000 missing, a critical 72-hour window for rescuing survivors has almost closed.

Incredible stories of survival are emerging from Venezuela, where rescuers are still finding people alive in rubble more than two days since a devastating double earthquake.

At least 920 people are confirmed dead and more than 51,000 missing after two quakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday.

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