‘Paralysed by fear’: Venezuelans tell of escape and loss after huge earthquakes

<p>People in Caracas and coastal towns describe powerful quakes that collapsed buildings and killed at least 164</p><p>As a double whammy of powerful earthquakes rattled Venezuela’s northern coast on Wednesday, residents of the capital, Caracas, scrambled out on to the streets from shuddering, fractured buildings.</p><p>“It was horrible. I felt like the house was moving to a different rhythm to the earth. I had to carry my mum out. She was paralysed by fear,” said 18-year-old Sebastian Rodríguez, whose family runs a shop in Centro Plaza, a brutalist commercial centre in the affluent neighbourhood of Los Palos Grandes.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/25/paralysed-by-fear-venezuelans-tell-of-escape-and-loss-after-huge-earthquakes">Continue reading...</a>