Venezuela earthquakes kill 920 as rescuers enter La Guaira (opens in new tab)

Venezuelan and foreign rescue teams searched collapsed buildings in La Guaira, Caracas and nearby areas after magnitude-7.2 and magnitude-7.5 earthquakes struck northern Venezuela about a minute apart on Wednesday evening, June 24. National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez said the confirmed toll had risen to 920 dead and 3,360 injured, while U.N. aid chief Tom Fletcher told AFP more than 50,000 people were missing. La Guaira, a coastal city north of Caracas, suffered some of the heaviest d...