Officials said more than 1,600 foreign rescuers had arrived and that additional teams were on the way, adding to a growing international response to the twin quakes that struck on Wednesday and unleashed hundreds of aftershocks.

Officials said more than 1,600 foreign rescuers had arrived and that additional teams were on the way, adding to a growing international response to the twin quakes that struck on Wednesday and unleashed hundreds of aftershocks.

The death toll from Venezuela's earthquakes is now 1,430, with 3,238 injured, according to lawmaker Jorge Rodríguez. He describes the incident as "the most disastrous event this republic has suffered in the last 123 years." Rescuers are racing to pull out survivors as the 72-hour window nears its end. A newborn baby is among the survivors rescued from the rubble - watch the emotional moment. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez says she is hopeful that teams will find survivors. The quakes, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, hit less than a minute apart while most were home for a national holiday. Top lawmaker Jorge Rodríguez says the earthquakes are "the most disastrous event this republic has suffered in the last 123 years". As well as providing updated death and injury tolls, he says 3,142 families are currently in shelters. There have been 430 subsequent aftershocks following the two earthquakes on Wednesday, he adds. It has been more than 60 hours since Venezuela was struck by twin earthquakes, and the race to…

The death toll from twin earthquakes in Venezuela has climbed above 920, with more than 50,000 people still unaccounted for two days after the quakes struck on Wednesday evening. These two...

The death toll from Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes rose above 1,400 on Saturday as foreign rescue teams poured into the country.

The number of dead was expected to climb, and people reported tens of thousands of missing on independent digital databases.

Residents and rescuers in La Guaira are racing to find survivors after Venezuela's deadly earthquakes. Mounting anger over the official response is intensifying as the missing count keeps rising.

The 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that struck on Wednesday evening were among the strongest in Venezuela in more than a century.

More than 51,000 people are missing after two quakes rocked Venezuela on Wednesday (Jun 24).

Venezuela's earthquake death toll reaches 1,430 as rescuers search for 68,900 missing amid escalating humanitarian crisis.

Venezuela's earthquake death toll reaches 1,430 as rescuers search for 68,900 missing amid escalating humanitarian crisis.

A bloody-faced Daniel Cordero emerged from the rubble of a fallen building in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, surrounded by rescue workers who helped him onto a stretcher as bystanders filmed the scene.