Venezuela quake death toll reaches grim new mark

More than 16, 740 were injured in the quakes and the United Nations has estimated that 50,000 are missing in the rubble.

Rodríguez, the brother of interim President Delcy Rodríguez, said on X that 108 shelters had been set up to accommodate more than 19,000 people who lost their homes in the quakes. 

Two powerful earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 shook Venezuela on June 24. More than 1000 significantly weaker aftershocks have followed. 

More than 850 buildings lie in ruins or have been severely damaged, especially in La Guaira, a coastal city near Caracas.