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The Brazilian team set up its base in Los Corales and is working on the search and rescue of victims amidst collapsed buildings and a city without water and energy. The first tremor had a magnitude of 7.2 and the second, 7.5, and Venezuela received support from 24 countries.
A Brazilian team is supporting Venezuela after the double earthquake that hit the country on June 24, with the deployment of the Navy’s field hospital, six sniffer dogs, motion sensors, and water purifiers. According to the latest update, the death toll has reached 1,430, in what is considered the strongest earthquake to hit the country since 1900.
The team, composed of technicians from the Ministry of Integration and Regional Development (MIDR), civil protection and defense agents, military firefighters, and representatives from the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), set up its base in the Los Corales region and is working on search and rescue. The first tremor had a magnitude of 7.2, felt at 6:06 PM Caracas time, with the epicenter near El Guayabo, and the second, with a magnitude of 7.5, was recorded about 39 seconds later, while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the death of two Brazilians, according to NSC Total.
The Brazilian rescue mission in Venezuela
The Brazilian team supporting Venezuela is composed of technicians from MIDR, civil protection and defense agents, military firefighters, and representatives from Anatel, and set up its base in the Los Corales region.
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Brazil also sent an Advanced Trauma Unit from the Navy’s Field Hospital, military personnel to operate the structure, and water purifiers.
The team’s efforts are now focused on search and rescue, with specific rescue equipment, motion sensors, and six sniffer dogs.
According to the latest update, the death toll in Venezuela has reached 1,430, in an operation that brings together Brazilian agents and teams from various countries.
The account of those on the ground
According to the director of the Department of Preparation and Relief (DPS) of Sedec, Armin Braun, the scenario is quite critical, in a region very close to the coast and near mountains, where the team improvised a base on a football field that was also affected by the earthquake, with cracks and damaged lighting towers.
Near the location, buildings collapsed and others had severely affected structures, while international teams arrive constantly to help Venezuela.
“We are in a true race against time in a devastated country,” reported Braun, describing a city without water, without power, and with many people displaced.
Braun reported that the team has motion sensors and devices to search for possible cell phone signals from buried victims, in addition to six sniffer dogs, and that efforts to find people alive are tireless, with a rescue witnessed the previous day.
The military firefighters from São Paulo also arrived and were greeted with applause at the airport, in a Brazilian effort that reinforces the country’s presence in the relief operation in Venezuela.
The two earthquakes and the worst shock since 1900
The first earthquake was of magnitude 7.2, felt at 6:06 PM Caracas time, with the epicenter located near the city of El Guayabo, and the second, of magnitude 7.5, was recorded about 39 seconds later, while a third tremor, of lesser intensity, was recorded on June 26.
The last time such a strong earthquake was felt in Venezuela was in 1900, when a magnitude 7.7 tremor hit the northern coast of the country, near the capital Caracas.
The United States Geological Survey issued a red alert, estimating that the tremor could result in between 10,000 and 100,000 victims, a projection that far exceeds the number confirmed so far.
The Simón Bolívar International Airport had to be closed after suffering damage caused by the tremors, according to the Venezuelan government.
The tremors felt in Brazil and the Brazilian victims
The impacts of the earthquake in Venezuela were felt in some states of the Northern Region of Brazil, such as Pará, Amazonas, Amapá, and Roraima, where the tremor caused oscillations in taller buildings and frightened the residents.
In Belém, authorities preventively evacuated six buildings for technical inspections, which have already been completed and allowed the release of the properties, with no reports of deaths, injuries, or significant structural damage in Brazilian territory.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) confirmed, on June 25, the death of two Brazilians as a result of the earthquakes in Venezuela. According to Itamaraty, the agency is providing consular assistance to the victims’ families.
“With great sorrow, the passing of a Brazilian citizen and a Brazilian citizen,” informed the MRE, when confirming the deaths as a result of the earthquakes.
International support for Venezuela
The interim president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, announced on her social media that various world leaders offered support after the disaster, including Qatar, Argentina, the United Arab Emirates, and Mexico.
According to her, the country received support from 24 countries of the international community.
According to Rodríguez, these countries sent 521 tons of supplies, 86 canine teams, and more than 2,741 personnel for search, rescue, and support, already integrated with the Venezuelan teams.
The interim president also made an appeal to the country’s health professionals to ensure that the entire public and private network would report to their workplaces.
Brazil sent the Navy’s field hospital, six sniffer dogs, motion sensors, and water purifiers to Venezuela after the double earthquake, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, which hit the country on June 24, the strongest since 1900, with the death toll at 1,430 according to the latest update, including two Brazilians confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From the base in Los Corales, the Brazilian team is working in search and rescue alongside the 24 countries that, according to interim president Delcy Rodríguez, sent aid to Venezuela, while the United States Geological Survey warns that the tremor could result in up to 100,000 victims, a projection that surpasses the confirmed numbers so far in a country that is still accounting for its losses.
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