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Jul 02

Venezuelan security guard pulled alive from earthquake basement rubble after 8 days

By Fernanda Pesce, Juan Pablo Arraez, Associated Press

The rescue was considered a small miracle cutting through a week of tragedy.

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Jul 01

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'We're not stopping': Virginia rescue team searches for quake survivors in Venezuela

By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn

The search and rescue efforts in Venezuela continued Wednesday, one week after a double earthquake struck that country. Fewer and fewer survivors are being found and an official said nearly 2,300 people are now confirmed dead and tens of thousands…

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Jun 30

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Rescue efforts continue, but hopes of finding earthquake survivors fade in Venezuela

By Stephanie Sy, Zeba Warsi

Hopes faded that more people will be found alive in Venezuela, six days after earthquakes slammed the country. The government's official death toll is 1,900, though that is believed to be a vast undercount. By one estimate, 50,000 people remain…

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Jun 29

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Venezuela rescue efforts grow desperate as death toll rises and aftershock rattles country

By Stephanie Sy, Zeba Warsi

Venezuelans continued to search for loved ones trapped under debris and rubble caused by the devastating back-to-back earthquakes five days ago. The Venezuelan government updated the death toll, saying 1,700 people are dead. That number is expected to climb higher.

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Jun 26

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Crews race to find survivors in mountains of rubble after Venezuela earthquakes

By Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev, Zeba Warsi

The race to save lives in Venezuela is becoming a race against time. Rescue crews are digging through mountains of rubble, searching for survivors believed to be trapped after two powerful quakes struck just seconds apart. More than 900 people…

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Jun 26

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Reporter in Caracas describes earthquake destruction and response in Venezuela

By Geoff Bennett, Zeba Warsi

Following the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, entire neighborhoods have been reduced to ruins across Caracas and the surrounding communities. As the United States, the UN and International aid teams rush into the disaster zone, the true scale of the unfolding…

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Jun 26

Neighbors dig through Venezuela rubble to search for loved ones as death toll climbs

By Megan Janetsky, Andry Rincón, Juan Pablo Arraez, Associated Press

In cities across northern Venezuela, neighbors helped each other dig through rubble to search for loved ones, after back-to-back earthquakes killed at least 589 people and left thousands injured.

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Jun 25

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Thousands feared dead in Venezuela after twin earthquakes flatten buildings

By Stephanie Sy, Daniel Okay

The fight to rescue the stranded, care for the living and retrieve the dead accelerated in Venezuela after back-to-back major earthquakes centered near the capital, Caracas. The damage in places appears catastrophic and the U.S. Geological Survey estimates that a…

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Jun 25

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Venezuela's earthquake response hindered by economic and political crises

By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi

The U.S. and other nations are mobilizing relief efforts to assist the government in Venezuela following the twin earthquakes. Special correspondent Mónica Villamizar has extensive experience reporting in Venezuela and joined Amna Nawaz from Bogotá, Colombia, to discuss the latest…

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Jun 17

LIVE MAP: Track the path of Tropical Storm Arthur

By Dave Collins, David Fischer, Stephen Smith, Associated Press

The remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur battered parts of the southeastern United States with heavy rain on Thursday, sparking flash flood and tornado warnings along the Gulf Coast.

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