A 7.5-magnitude Venezuela earthquake blackout cut X for 48 hours after 1,700 deaths. Families used WhatsApp to trace tens of thousands still unaccounted for.

Venezuela’s government said families reported at least 68,900 people missing, three days after the one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes devastated the South American…

A preliminary estimate from the United Nations Development Programme put the cost of direct physical damage caused by the quakes at $6.7 billion.