Rescue efforts are continuing in Venezuela after twin earthquakes\nstruck the country on Wednesday afternoon. Search and rescue teams,\nlocal residents, and family members are searching for and evacuating\npeople trapped among buildings that collapsed due to the two quakes,\nwhich measured magnitude 7.2 and 7.5. \u201cThe rescue teams are overwhelmed.\nThey are pulling people out with their nails and teeth,\u201d student Antoan\nMarn told BBC Mundo from Caracas. \u201cThey don\u2019t have special equipment,\u201d\nhe added. \u201cWe lack aid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Videos posted on social media show several residential and commercial\nbuildings completely collapsed, particularly in Caracas and La Guaira.\nIn La Guaira, residents reported on social media that rescue teams had\nnot yet arrived and dozens of people remained trapped under the rubble\nof buildings due to a lack of resources. Official figures state that at\nleast 235 people have died and more than 4,300 are injured, but the\ndeath toll is feared to be much higher. The earthquakes occurred just 39\nseconds apart along a geological fault line, increasing their deadly\nimpact.<\/p>\n
Venezuelan journalist Roman Camacho published heartbreaking photos\nand videos from La Guaira recorded on Thursday morning. The images\nshowed several people trapped under debris in an area that rescue teams\nhad not yet reached. One video showed a young man, identified as Amir\nInfante, drinking water with the lower part of his body crushed by\nconcrete fragments. \u201cThere is no heavy machinery, no equipment needed to\nmove the rubble,\u201d Camacho explained in his video. \u201cThere is a family\ntrapped under the rubble.\u201d Hours later, Camacho posted that Amir\u2019s\nmother had confirmed her son had died. A few metres from the site, a\nyoung man shouted \u201cJesus!\u201d as he walked through the ruins searching for\nsurvivors. \u201cThere are three people alive here,\u201d he said, pointing. He\nasked through a small hole, \u201cWhat\u2019s your name?\u201d A barely audible voice\nreplied, \u201cAnthony.\u201d With tears in his eyes, the young man shouted back,\n\u201cBrother, talk to me.\u201d According to the journalist, firefighters and\nparamedics were \u201chelpless\u201d.<\/p>\n
Despite the efforts, disrupted telecommunications networks and a lack\nof resources complicated the initial emergency response. However, as\ntime passed, rescue teams moved more quickly to the most critical areas.\nLocal television stations broadcast not only testimonies from people\ndesperately searching for their families but also moving images of\nsurvivors being rescued alive, offering hope to a grieving nation. \u201cGod\nis great!\u201d a man\u2019s voice was heard shouting as a baby was rescued alive\nfrom the rubble, according to footage broadcast by Noticias en Red.\nAnother hopeful case was the rescue of three siblings in La Guaira, who\nemerged from the debris with their faces covered in dust, according to\nstate television and social media footage. \u201cCome here, son, come here,\u201d\na man said to the first child who emerged alive from a gap in the\ncollapsed concrete. A girl then came out, and the man asked, \u201cAre you\nsiblings?\u201d to which she replied, \u201cYes, we are three.\u201d Shortly after,\nwith more difficulty, the third child emerged sobbing and completely\ncovered in dust. It is feared that hundreds of people remain alive and\ntrapped under the rubble.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/rescue-teams-overwhelmed-in-search-for-survivors-after-devastating-venezuela-earthquakes-1782474786", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }