Venezuela grapples with deadly twin quakes, over 700 injured so far
Key takeaways
- Caracas airport closed, metro suspended, and power outages reported after deadly quakes rock Venezuela.
- Acting President Delcy Rodríguez declared a state of emergency late on Wednesday after quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 hit within a minute of each other near the coastal town of Morón, about 170km west of Caracas.
- “The state of La Guaira is facing a true tragedy and has become a disaster zone,” Rodríguez said, adding that dozens of buildings had collapsed.
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Caracas airport closed, metro suspended, and power outages reported after deadly quakes rock Venezuela.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Rescue workers carry a person on a stretcher out of a collapsed building following an earthquake in Caracas. [Juan Barreto/AFP]By AFP and APPublished On 25 Jun 202625 Jun 2026At least 32 people have been killed and more than 700 injured after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, collapsing buildings, shutting the country’s main airport and sending residents fleeing into the streets, authorities say.
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez declared a state of emergency late on Wednesday after quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 hit within a minute of each other near the coastal town of Morón, about 170km west of Caracas. She warned early on Thursday that the death toll was expected to rise as rescuers search collapsed structures and reach remote areas.