UK charities launch Venezuela earthquakes appeal
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Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesPublished32 minutes agoByMaia DaviesThe UK's Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has launched an appeal to help the thousands of people injured and displaced by Venezuela's powerful twin earthquakes.
Fifteen UK aid agencies including the British Red Cross, Oxfam and Save the Children have come together to ask the public to donate. More than 1,700 people have died since the earthquakes struck within seconds of each other last Wednesday, a figure the United Nations (UN) has said will "unavoidably" rise. Tens of thousands of people are still believed to be missing.
The charities said funds were required to deliver aid to survivors who "urgently need shelter, food and water". Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez has called the earthquakes the "most brutal natural catastrophe" in the country's history. At least 5,000 people have been injured since the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes struck near the capital Caracas, reducing hundreds of buildings to rubble and prompting officials to declare a state of emergency.
Hospitals have been overwhelmed by a shortage of critical supplies and demand for aid has surged among those who have been rendered homeless. Some 2,500 buildings have been affected, the majority of which have completely collapsed, according to the UN's humanitarian coordinator in Venezuela. Several countries including the UK have deployed search and rescue teams to try to reach survivors, as well as medical and humanitarian personnel.
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