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Venezuela raises earthquake death toll to over 4,000 as thousands more still missing
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Relatives and rescue workers search through a collapsed building by the earthquakes for their love ones in La Guaira, Venezuela, July 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
The death toll in Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes has increased to more than 4,000, the government says.
At least 4,118 people were killed and 16,740 injured in the back-to-back June 24 quakes, which flattened entire districts in the coastal state of La Guaira, Venezuelan parliament chief Jorge Rodriguez writes on Telegram.
Thousands more are listed as missing.
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