Earthquake toll in Venezuela hits 3,300 as the double-tap disaster unfolds
Just when you thought a country couldn't possibly take any more hits, nature decides to drop a literal double-tap earthquake on Venezuela.
Last month, Venezuela got hit by not one, but two massive earthquakes on the exact same day. Now, the official numbers are rolling in, and they are brutal.
More than 3,300 people are confirmed dead, and the injured count has spiked past 16,000. It’s an absolute mess.
We’re talking about nearly a thousand aftershocks since the big ones hit. Over 17,000 people are suddenly homeless, living in dozens of temporary camps overseen by Jorge Rodríguez and his team. Even the United Nations is scrambling to get food aid into the hardest-hit areas.
Somehow, rescue teams are still pulling survivors out of the rubble after over a week, but the sheer scale of the disaster is just staggering for a place already struggling with almost everything else.
Praying for a country is nice, but it doesn't rebuild thousands of flattened homes.
Source: UPI
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