Venezuela earthquake: Aid ramps up as rescue window closes
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Skip next section Rescuers race against time to find remaining survivors 06/29/2026 June 29, 2026 Rescuers race against time to find remaining survivors Rescue operations continued through the weekend Image: REUTERS Rescue teams in Venezuela are racing against time to find remaining survivors as well as victims, more than four days after the twin earthquakes struck.
The official death toll climbed to 1,450 over the weekend. On Sunday, interim president Delcy Rodriguez said, "We have recovered people alive and, therefore, operations are not being suspended. We always maintain hope." But the chances of finding survivors become slimmer with each passing day.
"There exists a window of roughly three days, 72 hours, where the probability afterwards decreases that you can save people alive," Sebastian Eugster, the leader of the 80-member Swiss rescue team, told Reuters. The Venezuelan government said hundreds of people remaining missing or trapped under rubble.
Meanwhile, a website by the country's opposition lists around 50,000 still unaccounted for.
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