Survivors tell of ‘brutal and fast’ Venezuela quake as hunt for survivors goes on
- Nearly all of Ligia Level’s family lived in a trio of apartment blocks along Hotel Avenue, a seafront sweep of palm-specked resorts and high-rise condos along Venezuela’s Caribbean coast.
- When a powerful “doublet” of earthquakes jolted the region on Wednesday afternoon, those buildings and the lives within them came crashing down.
- Level, 67, leapt from her first floor window, breaking her foot as she scrambled to safety.
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- Nearly all of Ligia Level’s family lived in a trio of apartment blocks along Hotel Avenue, a seafront sweep of palm-specked resorts and high-rise condos along Venezuela’s Caribbean coast.
- When a powerful “doublet” of earthquakes jolted the region on Wednesday afternoon, those buildings and the lives within them came crashing down.
- Level, 67, leapt from her first floor window, breaking her foot as she scrambled to safety.
Sources: Guardian