US among nations sending help to search for survivors on country’s north coast where dozen of buildings flattened Venezuela earthquake – latest updates Rescue teams are racing to Venezuela’s shattered northern coast after a sucker punch of almost simultaneous earthquakes reduced dozens of buildings to rubble, with thousands feared to have been killed. The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said the Department of Defense would help search and rescue teams deploy to the affected region after Vene

Rescue teams race to Venezuela amid fears thousands killed in earthquakes
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro Camille Rodríguez Montilla in La Guaira and María de los Ángeles Graterol in Caracas

