Anguished families left to identify Venezuela quake victims at makeshift morgue
Warning: This story contains distressing details At a port storage facility transformed into a makeshift morgue in La Guaira, the same scene repeats itself again
Warning: This story contains distressing details At a port storage facility transformed into a makeshift morgue in La Guaira, the same scene repeats itself again and again. Families - many of whom have already spent days searching hospitals, shelters and rubble - wait hours to try and confirm the deaths of their loved ones.
As the death toll of Venezuela's twin earthquakes surpasses 2,600, officials face the challenge of not only recovering victims, but identifying them. The scale of the disaster has overwhelmed local services, forcing institutions to improvise.
With little infrastructure left standing nine days after the tremors, bodies have been put outside or in temporary tents. Under the blazing sun, dozens of
families wait with a mixture of anguish and dread.
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