Venezuela quake death toll tops 5,000 as IMF releases emergency aid
- IMF releases $346m in emergency funds as new details emerge about the disaster response.
- The death toll from the twin earthquakes that tore through Venezuela’s Caribbean coast last month has surpassed 5,000, as authorities continue recovering bodies from the rubble.
- National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said on Friday that 5,069 people have now been confirmed dead, most of them in the coastal state of La Guaira, where the earthquakes caused the worst destruction.
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- IMF releases $346m in emergency funds as new details emerge about the disaster response.
- The death toll from the twin earthquakes that tore through Venezuela’s Caribbean coast last month has surpassed 5,000, as authorities continue recovering bodies from the rubble.
- National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said on Friday that 5,069 people have now been confirmed dead, most of them in the coastal state of La Guaira, where the earthquakes caused the worst destruction.
Sources: Al Jazeera