The death toll from Venezuela’s massive earthquake just crossed 4,300
It’s hard to comprehend how a single minute can reset a country's entire reality, but Venezuela is currently living through the absolute worst-case scenario after last month's brutal double-hit.
Last month, the coastal region of La Guaira was hit by a brutal double-tap: a 7.2-magnitude earthquake followed seconds later by a 7.5-magnitude monster. It was the biggest seismic event the country has seen in over a century, and the dust is still settling in the worst way possible.
Officials just confirmed that at least 4,333 people were killed and more than 16,740 were injured. Tens of thousands of survivors are now living in makeshift camps or have no shelter at all, while rescue teams and volunteers try to distribute basic food and medical aid across a devastated landscape.
While the United Nations is scrambling to raise nearly $300 million to help survivors, Venezuela's political leadership is taking a rather unique approach to crisis management. Interim President Delcy Rodríguez is reportedly preparing to ask King Charles III to release Venezuelan gold reserves frozen in British vaults to help fund the recovery.
Disaster relief shouldn't require navigating medieval financial standoffs and post-colonial drama, but here we are.
Source: UN News
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