Caracas/La Guaira.- Twelve days after the devastating earthquakes of June 24, Venezuela is attempting to return to normalcy this Monday with the resumption of classes and work in several states, while in the coastal state of La Guaira and other most affected regions, rescue and security teams are making progress with debris removal and the recovery of bodies.
Although classes are suspended in Caracas and in some municipalities of the states of Miranda, La Guaira, Falcón, Carabobo, and Aragua, the Ministry of Education has ordered the resumption of classes in the other 18 states of the country.
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La Guaira, the epicenter of the disaster, has many desolate streets, although with a greater presence of machinery and trucks for debris removal, as EFE was able to verify.
During the early hours of the day, traffic was flowing and no major presence of relatives was observed around the collapsed buildings. The weather remained cloudy and failures in telecommunications services persist.
In Caracas, in the affected neighborhoods, progress was also being made with the removal of debris, and in Altamira, in fact, the remains of a building have already been completely cleared, leaving the land vacant.
Venezuelans in the capital city went out to work from the early hours of the morning, while some are beginning to assess repairs for cracked walls in their homes.
The 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes on June 24th have so far left 3,342 dead and 16,740 injured, according to the latest government report, which has not yet provided an official number of missing persons.
The authorities have also pointed out that 17,345 people have lost their homes and 79 temporary camps have been set up.
Hundreds of people in two Venezuelan cities paid tribute this past Sunday in vigils to the more than 3,000 dead from the seismic catastrophe and expressed solidarity with the thousands injured and those who lost their homes.
The double earthquake is the deadliest that Venezuela has experienced in the last century. 59 years ago, in July 1967, an earthquake occurred in the vicinity of Caracas in which 245 people died, thousands were injured, and material damage was very extensive.
