"If you are alive, make any noise": Venezuela searches rubble on day four

Here is the latest breaking news from around the world: The Americas "If you are alive, make any noise": Venezuela searches rubble on day four June 28, 20264:50 AM ET By Fernando Narro Roman , Eyder Peralta Venezuelan firefighters and volunteers search for possible victims atop a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on Saturday, June 27, 2026. Miguel Medina/ via AP hide caption toggle caption Miguel Medina/ via AP CARACAS, Venezuela — You can hear backhoes digging through concrete and twisted metal, as rescue workers call out into the wreckage. "We are the rescue team.

If you are alive please make any noise. " A middle-aged man in a blue shirt looks on in desperation. He still has hope someone he knows on the sixth floor will be alive.

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Across the street from another shattered building, Junior Laya and Jesus Gallardo sit on the shade, covered in dust. "I have family members missing… my brother and some cousins," Gallardo says. "We don't know anything about them.

We've been looking for them for four days. " Sponsor Message It is now four days since powerful twin earthquakes left parts of Venezuela in ruins. Damaged buildings are seen three days after earthquakes struck in La Guaira, Venezuela, Saturday, June 27, 2026.

Matias Delacroix/AP hide caption toggle caption Matias Delacroix/AP On Saturday, the government said the death toll had reached 1,430, with nearly 3,500 injured. Those figures are expected to rise. Authorities say thousands remain missing, as the critical window to find survivors continues to narrow.

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Cargo planes carrying emergency aid for earthquake victims are now beginning to land in Venezuela, after the main airport in the capital Caracas partially reopened to relief flights. On the ground in La Guaira, a coastal state just north of Caracas, one of the areas closest to the earthquake's epicenter, it's utter devastation. Buildings are pancaked, their floors stacked like decks of cards.

Dozens of people are digging through the rubble with whatever they can find—mostly small shovels and their bare hands. They are told someone is still inside, though it is not clear whether that person is alive or dead, or even who they are. Only their feet are visible.

Helicopters buzz in the sky. People wait next to damaged structures, hoping to hear news of anyone who might get pulled from the rubble. Andrea Peña is a 34-year-old resident of La Guaira, whose home was destroyed.

The development has drawn wide international attention, with diplomatic circles watching closely.