Summary

  • More search and rescue teams are arriving in Venezuela, but hopes are fading of finding survivors after Wednesday's back-to-back earthquakes

  • At least 1,450 are known to have died but there number is expected to rise

  • The walls outside hospitals in Caracas are slowly filling up with pictures of the missing, reports Yogita Limaye from the Venezuelan capital

  • There is still a shortage of machinery needed to lift rubble, and some Venezuelans say the government hasn't done enough

  • One man says he pulled his daughter halfway out of the rubble - but now needs equipment to finish the rescue

Live Reporting

Edited by Rorey Bosotti with Yogita Limaye reporting from Caracas

  1. 'I pulled my daughter halfway out of the rubble - now I need equipment'

    Wilker Molaya in an orange hi-vi jacket clamours as he holds on to the back of a woman in an helmet, a severely damaged building behind himReuters

    Wilker Molaya has been desperately trying to rescue his daughter after the building she was in collapsed in La Guaira during last week's double earthquakes in Venezuela.

    "I pulled my daughter halfway out," he tells the Reuters news agency, but adds: "They don't give us any equipment, and we have families there."

    Molaya isn't the only one still trying to rescue family from the rubble. Hector Villegas says his ex-wife, his son-in-law's mother and his eldest grandson where inside a building when the quake hit.

    "Since that day, we haven't been able to locate their bodies," Villegas says. "I see that rescue efforts are under way and we'll be here waiting."

    Mexican Red Cross volunteer Adalberto Pastor says rescuers are now using electronic equipment to locate people after first relying on search dogs.

    "We are currently continuing the search using electronic equipment, which allows us to be more certain about the locations that the dog teams may have already detected," Pastor says.

  2. Power restored in large part of La Guaira, Rodríguez says

    Rodríguez speaks from a podium on stageReuters

    Delcy Rodríguez speaking earlier this month before the earthquakes hit

    A large part of La Guaira state - one of the worst affected areas - has been reconnected to the power grid, acting President Delcy Rodríguez says.

    In an update posted a few hours ago on social media, she says the government has also restored most of the road network there, and is progressively restoring water supplies.

    A presidential commission has been set up to assess homes and infrastructure, she says, and a task force has been created to set up temporary shelters.

    Planning is also under way for projects to build news housing on short time frames, she says.

    Search rescues are ongoing, and the government will not rest until it locates everyone who can be rescued, she says, ending her posts with a message of "hope for all Venezuelans".

    As we've been reporting, there is growing anger with the government in Venezuela - with opposition leaders and ordinary Venezuelans accusing it of responding too slowly.

  3. Families search for loved ones while anger at government grows

    Yogita Limaye
    Reporting from Caracas

    A shows a picture of a missing person and looks visibly upset, while behind her a man searches a wall with information posted on itGetty Images

    The walls outside hospitals in Caracas are slowly filling up with pictures of the missing.

    By the hour, families tack up more photos desperately looking for information about their loved ones.

    The morgue in the capital is overwhelmed and as more bodies are brought in there is simply not enough space to store them, even until they can be identified and returned.

    Search and rescue operations continue in many areas, and while more relief teams are arriving in the country from different parts of the world every day, there is still an acute shortage of the equipment and manpower required to dig through the rubble.

    Anger against the Venezuelan government has been growing, as residents say it isn’t doing enough to help them.

    Our teams in Venezuela will bring you the latest news and analysis on this page - stay with us.