Caracas.- The death toll from the double earthquake on June 24 in Venezuela rose to 2,954, while the number of injured increased to 16,592, the president of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, reported this Saturday.
According to the official report, 6,462 people have been rescued and 16,309 have lost their homes, for which 80 temporary camps have been set up.
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The brother of the acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, also indicated on Telegram that 856 buildings have been affected and 190 have collapsed.
In addition, there are 3,281 international rescuers and 26,984 registered volunteers, the senior official noted.
According to the deputy, 86,794 families have been assisted and 9,486 tons of food and 472,914 liters of water have been distributed.
There are also 29,567 troops deployed, he said.
The authorities, who set up a phone number and a digital platform to report missing persons, have not updated the number of people whose whereabouts are unknown.
As of Thursday, June 25, one day after the earthquakes, there were at least 157 people missing, according to official figures.
For her part, opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado is promoting a website developed by technicians and civil society so that people can report their missing relatives.
According to the platform, it has not been possible to contact more than 31,000 people.
Following the earthquakes on the 24th, 942 aftershocks have been recorded, added the President of Parliament.
The double earthquake is the deadliest that Venezuela has experienced in the last century.
In July 1967, 59 years earlier, an earthquake occurred in the vicinity of Caracas in which 245 people died, thousands suffered injuries, and material damage was very extensive.
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The recent earthquakes affected Caracas and six other states in the north of the country, of which the most affected has been La Guaira, a coastal area that already experienced a tragedy due to a landslide in 1999 that left thousands dead.
This Saturday, as ten days have passed since the earthquakes, Venezuela is assessing the damage caused to infrastructure and trying to accelerate debris removal work, while the chances of rescuing survivors are reduced to a minimum.
