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Rescue crews mobilize to Venezuela as earthquake casualties mount

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published June 26, 2026 at 11:53 AM EDT
Rescue workers gesture for silence as they search for survivors in a building that collapsed after earthquakes struck Caracas, Venezuela, a day earlier, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Jonathan Lanza/AP)
Jonathan Lanza/AP
Rescue workers gesture for silence as they search for survivors in a building that collapsed after earthquakes struck Caracas, Venezuela, a day earlier, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Jonathan Lanza/AP)

Rescue crews from the United States and neighboring countries are pledged to help in Venezuela, where two massive earthquakes have killed at least 589 people, with thousands more injured.

We get the latest from Caracas with CNN’s Mary Triny Mena.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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