{"id":356690,"date":"2026-06-26T14:29:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=356690"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:59:27","slug":"nearly-50000-still-missing-after-powerful-twin-earthquakes-devastate-venezuela-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/nearly-50000-still-missing-after-powerful-twin-earthquakes-devastate-venezuela-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 50,000 still missing after powerful twin earthquakes devastate Venezuela | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Widespread rescue missions for survivors have continued after devastating earthquakes rocked Venezuela.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nearly 50,000 persons are missing and at the least 235 people have died following magnitude 7.2 and seven.5 earthquakes in and across the capital Caracas on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The rare double strike, which were 39 seconds apart, was the strongest since 1900, in keeping with the US Geological Survey.<\/p>\n

Videos showed terrified people fleeing violently-shaking areas while buildings were reduced to rubble.<\/p>\n

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Volunteers seek for survivors in a collapsed constructing following twin earthquakes in Caraballeda, La Guaira state (Picture: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Buildings were reduced to rubble while videos showed people fleeing violently-shaking areas.<\/p>\n

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1000’s of individuals have been left homeless consequently.<\/p>\n

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A search team standing atop rubble brought on by a big constructing collapse in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state(Picture: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Interim president Delcy Rodriguez said La Guaira, a coastal state adjoining Caracas, was a \u2018disaster zone\u2019.<\/p>\n

Caracas airport is out of motion after suffering damage, which was captured on video.<\/p>\n

Electricity can also be scarce.<\/p>\n

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This map shows where the devastating quakes hit on Thursday (Picture: Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yamileth Jiminez, who lives in La Guaira city, said her son, 19, is trapped under the debris of their seven-story block of flats.<\/p>\n

She said: \u2018He\u2019s under the slabs and there\u2019s no machinery to get him out\u2019.<\/p>\n

People have been digging through wreckage with their bare hands while teams of helpers have been carrying water, food and medicine across the Caracas-La Guaira highway.<\/p>\n

Pedro Perez, 64, who owns an upholstery workshop, said: \u2018We lost every little thing. We have now no food or medicines. We hope help arrives quickly.\u2019<\/p>\n

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