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Live updates: Death toll from Venezuela earthquakes rises to around 235 as rescue effort underway

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Elise Hammond, Max Feliu, Tori B. Powell, Hira Humayun, CNN en Español, Michael Rios, Avery Schmitz, Thomas Bordeaux, Maria Santana, Kasha Patel, Brian Todd, Gonzalo Zegarra, Sol Amaya, Pau Mosquera, Cecilia Dominguez, Anabella Gonzalez, Sharon Braithwaite, Charlotte Reck, Priscilla Alvarez, Jennifer Hauser, Davis Winkie, Zahid Mahmood, Magdalena Sofia Vitores Moreno, Mary Triny Mena, David Williams, Veronica Calderon, Camille Rodriguez Montill, Lauren Kent, John Liu, David Goldman, Sophie Tanno, Issy Ronald, Anna Chernova, Stefano Pozzebon, Ivana Kottasová, Kaanita Iyer, Duarte Mendonca, Mustafa Qadri, Camille Rodriguez, Sylvie Zhuang, Nick Paton Walsh, Lex Harvey, Helen Regan, Todd Symons, Jessie Yeung, CNN staff, Hanna Park, Chris Lau, Kelly McCleary, Satish Cheney, Teele Rebane, Logan Schiciano, Chandler Thornton, Isaac Yee, Martin Goillandeau, Begoña Blanco Muñoz, Nathaly Triana, Mauricio Torres, Rosa de Acosta, Melissa Macaya, Briana Waxman, Grace Widyatmadja, Hanako Montgomery, Taylor Ward, Kyoji Iwai, Yumi Asada, Jonny Hallam, Donald Judd, Diego Mendoza
Live updates: Death toll from Venezuela earthquakes rises to around 235 as rescue effort underway
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The death toll from a series of powerful earthquakes in Venezuela has reached approximately 235 as international rescue efforts intensify. Nations including the U.S., Colombia, Cuba, and Spain are coordinating to provide humanitarian aid and search-and-rescue support.

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This is a major humanitarian crisis requiring significant international cooperation to manage disaster relief and save lives in the affected region.

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Link Copied! Global aid effort ramps up for quake-hit Venezuela By CNN staff • Source: CNN " data-fave-thumbnails="{"big": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/42717529139384708659328197946886298-00000007.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill" }, "small": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/42717529139384708659328197946886298-00000007.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill" } }" data-vr-video="false" data-show-html=" " data-byline-html=" " data-timestamp-html=" Updated 12:17 AM EDT, Fri June 26, 2026 " data-check-event-based-preview="" data-is-vertical-video-embed="false" data-network-id="" data-publish-date="2026-06-25T20:36:51.926Z" data-video-section="world" data-canonical-url="" data-branding-key="" data-video-slug="global-aid-effort-ramps-up-for-quake-hit-venezuela" data-first-publish-slug="global-aid-effort-ramps-up-for-quake-hit-venezuela" data-video-tags="" data-breakpoints='{"video-resource--media-extra-large": 660}' data-display-video-cover="true" data-details=""> Global aid effort ramps up for quake-hit Venezuela 1:25 • Source: CNN Global aid effort ramps up for quake-hit Venezuela 1:25 The United Nations said it is coordinating the deployment of urban search-and-rescue teams to Venezuela following Wednesday’s powerful earthquakes.

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