Survivors tell of ‘brutal and fast’ Venezuela quake as hunt for survivors goes on

<p>Worst incident of its kind in country for more than 125 years leaves many searching for family members – and pleading for international help</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/26/delcy-rodriguez-interim-president-venezuela-earthquake-death-toll">Venezuela death toll doubles as interim president vows to save ‘as many people as possible’</a></p></li></ul><p>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.</p><p>When a powerful “doublet” of earthquakes jolted the region on Wednesday afternoon, those buildings and the lives within them came crashing down.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/26/hunt-survivors-brutal-venezuela-earthquake">Continue reading...</a>