Two consecutive earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 have left nearly 1.8 million people in Venezuela in need of humanitarian aid, including about 680,000 children.
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) stated in an official announcement that the devastating tremors on June 24 have caused this crisis.
Manuel Rodriguez Pumarol, UNICEF's representative in Venezuela, said hospitals are operating at maximum capacity, thousands of children lack access to clean water, and many schools are severely damaged. In Caracas, 432 school buildings were damaged, representing over a third of all schools in the region.
Recall that the first earthquake was magnitude 7.2, the second 7.5, followed by 512 aftershocks. The death toll has reached 1,450, with over 3,200 injured. Many residential buildings collapsed, infrastructure and clinics were damaged, and the main airport has ceased operations.
