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Families search for earthquake survivors in one of Venezuela's hardest hit areas

BBC News · Jul 1, 2026, 6:10 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Families search for earthquake survivors in one of Venezuela's hardest hit areas Close.
  • Scores of rescue workers, many of them family members, are still desperately searching for their loved ones among the destruction.
  • The BBC's Latin America correspondent Will Grant speaks to a 15-year-old boy looking for his brother.

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Families search for earthquake survivors in one of Venezuela's hardest hit areas Close. The coastal town of Caraballeda in La Guaira is one of the hardest hit areas by the twin Venezuela earthquakes, where high-rise tower blocks have been reduced to a sea rubble.

Scores of rescue workers, many of them family members, are still desperately searching for their loved ones among the destruction.

The BBC's Latin America correspondent Will Grant speaks to a 15-year-old boy looking for his brother.

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