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Vietnamese rescue team recovers 30 bodies in Venezuela

Vietnam's search and rescue team has recovered 30 bodies from collapsed buildings in Venezuela after four days of operations following last month's devastating earthquakes.

The Fire Prevention, Firefighting and Rescue Police Department said the team recovered seven more bodies in La Guaira State on Friday, bringing the total to 30. The bodies were handed over to local authorities.

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Vietnamese rescuers recovered seven more bodies in La Guaira State, Venezuela. (Photo: Ministry of Public Security)

To locate the latest victims, the team split into five groups, using information provided by local residents and other rescue teams to reach areas where people were believed to be trapped.

The team plans to continue recovering victims whose locations have already been identified on Friday while expanding the search to other suspected sites.

Medical personnel disinfected areas where bodies were recovered and helped decontaminate equipment to protect rescue workers' health.

Authorities said the scale of destruction could be far greater than official estimates, with the death toll continuing to rise.

Two powerful earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 struck Venezuela on June 24, killing at least 1,430 people and injuring 3,238, while about 50,000 others remain missing.

Rescue teams continue searching for survivors, although hopes are fading more than 72 hours after the earthquakes.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimates that about 6.76 million people may have been affected and require urgent assistance, including shelter, clean water, sanitation, healthcare, protection and other essential relief supplies.

Source: Dtinews
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