# The death toll in the devastating earthquakes that hit Venezuela keeps on climbing as rescue workers find more bodies under the rubble of collapsed buildings. So far, officials have confirmed at least one-thousand-450 deaths after the 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes, the strongest recorded in the country in the last century. The UN estimates around 50-thousand people are still missing. The coastal state of La Guaira, which borders the capital Caracas, has been the hardest hit. Teams from Mexico, Spain, the US, and the UK have arrived to join the rescue effort.
Death toll in Venezuela earthquakes keeps on rising