Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Reaches 5,546 as Damage Holds at $19.6 Billion
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Updated · Euronews · Jul 25
Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Reaches 5,546 as Damage Holds at $19.6 Billion
3 articles · Updated · Euronews · Jul 25
Summary
5,546 people are now officially confirmed dead in Venezuela’s twin-earthquake disaster, with 16,740 injured one month after the 7.2 and 7.5 shocks hit 39 seconds apart.
157 people was the last official missing count released on June 25, while a citizen-led registry has logged nearly 29,500 reports of people whose whereabouts relatives say remain unknown.
$19.6 billion in direct damage includes $9.3 billion in housing losses, $5.2 billion in public infrastructure and nearly $5 billion in commercial and industrial buildings, according to a World Bank estimate.
17,907 families remain without housing and 23,122 people are still in 107 temporary shelters, while 1,405 aftershocks have complicated debris removal and recovery work.
Months or years of reconstruction now lie ahead as mobile clinics fill gaps in Venezuela’s weakened public health system and aid management shapes the pace of recovery.