SCOTT DETROW, HOST:
Venezuela is reeling from two massive earthquakes yesterday. The U.S. Geological Survey projects the death toll will likely be in the thousands.
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UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE: (Screaming).
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JUANA SUMMERS, HOST:
A TikTok account run by the Junko Grill outside Caracas posted this clip during the quakes. You can hear screams and buildings falling. The man who posted the video shouts in search of his mother.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Screaming).
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Speaking Spanish).
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DETROW: El Noticiero, a Venezuelan TV program, posted a video of three children being pulled out of the rubble in the state of La Guaira.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: (Speaking Spanish).
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #4: (Speaking Spanish).
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #5: (Speaking Spanish).
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: (Speaking Spanish).
DETROW: One of the kids says, it's just us three. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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