Venezuela earthquakes: death toll passes 1,400

委内瑞拉地震:死亡人数超过1400人

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2026-06-28

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More than 1,400 people have been killed and 3,360 others injured in the Venezuela earthquakes, according to the government, as rescuers keep searching for survivors and families wait desperately for news. Also on the programme, an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz has been struck by an unidentified projectile, following the first exchange of fire between the US and Iran since their deal to end hostilities; and we hear from the official chef for Norway's World Cup team. (Photo: Members of the El Salvador rescue team search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building following an earthquake, in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 26, 2026. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria)
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  • Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service, coming to you live from London.

  • I'm James Kamarasami.

  • And we begin today in Venezuela, where the official death toll after Wednesday's two powerful earthquakes,

  • which struck within 40 seconds of each other, has climbed to 1,430.

  • A further...

  • 3,238 people are reported to have been injured.

  • But it's a figure of 50,000 missing people in a landscape scarred by completely flattened buildings