Overview
- Two powerful earthquakes on Wednesday struck northern Venezuela and caused widespread building collapses, with La Guaira and Caracas sustaining the heaviest damage.
- Authorities have confirmed about 920 deaths and 3,360 injured while online registries and the UN estimate more than 50,000 people listed as missing.
- Roughly 1,600 international rescue specialists and about 100 search dogs have been mobilized to help with time‑critical searches but rescuers warn the window to find survivors is closing.
- The interim government has declared La Guaira a disaster zone, restricted and militarized access to control operations, and set up registration points for entry to the area.
- Hospitals, roads and the Maiquetía airport suffered damage and shortages of equipment and heavy machinery persist, exposing long‑term infrastructure weakness that will complicate relief and reconstruction.