RESCUE TEAMS SEARCH VENEZUELA RUBBLE AFTER TWIN EARTHQUAKES

Rescue teams and Venezuelan civilians searched through rubble for survivors following two powerful earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela on Thursday. Official figures indicate at least 164 people died in the seismic events, with thousands more feared dead according to reports. Rescue operations concentrated on the areas that sustained the heaviest damage from the twin quakes.

The earthquakes caused widespread building collapses across northern Venezuela, prompting an urgent response from emergency services. Search and rescue teams mobilised to affected regions to locate people trapped beneath the debris. The scale of destruction left large numbers of people unaccounted for as recovery efforts continued.

The full extent of casualties remained unclear as rescue operations proceeded. Authorities did not release an updated timeline for when search efforts would conclude or provide further projections on final casualty figures. International assistance or mutual aid requests from other nations were not mentioned in available reports at the time of publication.