Venezuela quake death toll passes 4,000 as scale of recovery effort looms large

<p>Nearly 17,000 injured and thousands more are listed as missing amid calls by UN and president Delcy Rodríguez for financial help</p><p>The death toll in Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes has topped 4,000, the government said on Friday.</p><p>At least 4,118 people were killed and 16,740 injured in the back-to-back quakes on 24 June that flattened entire districts in the coastal state of La Guaira, Venezuelan parliament chief Jorge Rodriguez wrote on Telegram. Thousands more are listed as missing.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/11/venezuela-quake-deaths-passes-4000-recovery-effort">Continue reading...</a>