Neighbours aid rescue effort as Venezuela quake death toll hits 235
Key takeaways
- Rescuers and humanitarian aid are flooding in from across the Americas as hospitals fill up with patients.
- Authorities have raised their estimate of the death toll to 235 people.
- “To the Venezuelan people, to those whose loved ones are under the rubble, know that we are determined that help gets to you,” said the UN’s aid chief, Tom Fletcher.
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Rescuers and humanitarian aid are flooding in from across the Americas as hospitals fill up with patients.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Salvadorean soldiers prepare to board a plane heading to Venezuela, at Comalapa Air Base in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, on June 25 [AFP]By AFP and The Associated Press Published On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026International rescue teams have joined an urgent search for survivors in Venezuela, where people remain trapped under collapsed buildings after two devastating earthquakes on Wednesday.
Countries from across the Americas – including Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, El Salvador, Cuba and the United States – as well as the United Nations, continued on Friday to send search and rescue teams and humanitarian aid in the aftermath of the quakes. Authorities have raised their estimate of the death toll to 235 people.