Footage from the coastal city of La Guaira, Venezuela, shows it sustained very severe damage following the overnight earthquakes, with fears of thousands trapped, according to a reporter on the ground.
New footage from La Guaira, Venezuela's main port city, shows catastrophic structural damage — entire blocks reduced to rubble — after two powerful earthquakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, struck northern Venezuela overnight Wednesday. A reporter on site reports fear of thousands trapped under collapsed buildings, with rescue efforts still in early stages.
The fear of thousands trapped marks an escalation from earlier reporting. Initial reports, published Thursday at 04:15 Jerusalem, documented widespread structural damage. By 06:59 Jerusalem, emergency crews were conducting rescue operations amid a large fire raging in La Guaira, as The Zioneer reported in a background follow-up. The US Geological Survey had assessed a high likelihood of numerous casualties, and earlier footage from journalist Assaf Rosenzweig (N12) showed collapsed buildings and widespread destruction across the quake zone. The scale of the humanitarian emergency is just becoming clear.
As The Zioneer reported on Thursday at 04:15 Jerusalem, the USGS warned the death toll could range between 10,000 and 100,000. Further background, such as the large fire reported at 06:59 Jerusalem and additional devastation footage shared at 07:20 Jerusalem, underscores the compounding crisis in La Guaira.
What remains unverified is the precise number of people trapped — the reporter's estimate is preliminary. Rescue operations are nascent, and a full casualty count is still unknown.
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