Venezuela Tragedy: Death Toll Rises To 164, 971 Injured As Deadly Twin Earthquakes Rock The Country | Video | X
Caracas: At least 164 people have died, and 971 were injured after a pair of powerful quakes rocked Venezuela, Acting President Delcy Rodriguez said on Thursday.
The acting president had said earlier that at least 32 people had died after Wednesday evening’s 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes, and that the toll was expected to rise.
The quakes were among the strongest to strike Venezuela in more than a century and could be felt throughout the region. Buildings were evacuated in places as far away as Brazil’s Amazon, about 1,700 kilometres (1,050 miles) from Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. (Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ’s editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)