Just under 50,000 people were listed as unaccounted for on a website promoted by the country's political opposition on Sunday.

Families began posting missing person flyers with photos of loved ones, while others shared handwritten lists of names as they searched for those still unaccounted for.

The U.S. Geological Survey has estimated that the death toll from the powerful quakes could range from as many as 10,000 to 100,000.

His comments came after Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez said the official death toll from the earthquakes more than doubled Friday to 589, as rescuers raced to find…