Venezuela

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 20:51:00 GMT
Why Venezuela's earthquake was so deadly: shallow, powerful and just seconds apart
The combination of two powerful, very shallow earthquakes just 39 seconds apart explains much of the devastation left by Wednesday's earthquake in north-central Venezuela, where the latest official toll exceeds 1,450 dead and 3...

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 20:31:00 GMT
Collapsed hospitals and morgues raise health fears in Venezuela's earthquake zone
The emergency caused by the twin earthquake that struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday is beginning to turn into a health risk, given the bodies that remain under the rubble and the collapse of hospitals and morgues in th...

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:45:00 GMT
UK sends a 68-strong search and rescue team and £2 million in aid to Venezuela
The United Kingdom on Friday deployed a specialist search and rescue team of 68 people and announced an initial £2 million (about $2.7 million) in humanitarian funding to support the response to the earthquakes that devastated...

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:21:00 GMT
Venezuela's earthquake toll rises to at least 920 dead as rescuers race against time
The number of victims from the twin earthquake that struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday rose to at least 920 dead and 3,360 injured, according to the toll given on Friday by the president of the National Assembly, Jorge...

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:52:00 GMT
Venezuela's quake death toll climbs to 589 as the rescue window narrows
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 by acting President Delcy Rodríguez, who warned...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:51:00 GMT
Fishermen film the first seconds of Venezuela's earthquake from the sea off La Guaira
A group of fishermen working off the coast of La Guaira state captured on video the moment when the two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that shook Venezuela began on Wednesday and that, according to the latest official tol...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:30:00 GMT
Two powerful earthquakes strike northern Venezuela and collapse buildings in Caracas
Two powerful earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, about 39 seconds apart, struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday afternoon, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas, and leaving rescue teams working through the rubble...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:04:00 GMT
Venezuela's earthquake toll rises to at least 164 dead and nearly 1,000 injured
The number of victims from the twin earthquake that struck north-central Venezuela rose to at least 164 dead and 971 injured, acting President Delcy Rodríguez reported on Thursday, warning that the figure would keep rising as ...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:41:00 GMT
Offers of aid pour in for Venezuela from across the Americas and beyond after its earthquake
Governments from across the Americas and other regions of the world expressed solidarity with Venezuela and offered assistance after the twin earthquake of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that struck the north-central part of the country...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:59:00 GMT
Venezuela's earthquake tests US assistance to the interim government it helped install
The twin earthquake that struck north-central Venezuela has become the first major test of US assistance to the interim government of Delcy Rodríguez, installed after the capture of former president Nicolás Maduro in a US mil...

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