The number of people killed in two Venezuelan earthquakes jumps to 589, with 2,980 injured, acting President Delcy Rodríguez says
It comes as international rescue teams join the search for survivors, with 80 Swiss rescuers and a team of Mexican aid workers among those helping
Local teams searched through the night in collapsed buildings in Caracas and the state of La Guaira, with people heard calling for help from under the debris
Earlier, a woman was pulled alive from rubble – watch the moment she’s rescued
A doctor in La Guaira tells the BBC the two main hospitals in the state are “completely overwhelmed”, with a “critical lack” of medical supplies
The quakes, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, hit a minute apart on Wednesday night, and the second was the strongest to hit Venezuela since 1900.
