Volunteer force flocks to devastated region, infiltrating collapsed buildings with little more than hand tools As the sun rose above Venezuela’s shattered northern coast, a motorbike mechanic nicknamed Culebrita (Little Snake) lowered himself into a chaotic mesh of concrete and steel and began crawling towards his objective. “I’m not afraid – but you need to be brave to do this,” said Darwin Rodr…
npj Natural Hazards, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s44304-026-00242-3 Attention-based learning for early earthquake magnitude estimation from strong-motion records
At least 1,450 are known to have died but the number is expected to rise The wife and two children of Argentine footballer Lucas Trejo have died after the powerful twin earthquakes struck Venezuela last week, his team said on Sunday. Trejo, who plays for Club Sport Maritimo La Guaira, a second-division team in Venezuela , had searched for his wife Yanina and children Aarón and Ainhoa in the rubbl…
