Critical rescue window passes in quake-hit Venezuela as death toll nears 1,500
The critical 72-hour window for finding survivors of the powerful twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela had completely closed by Monday, leaving international teams facing a grim race against time to pull anyone else alive from the debris.
The death toll has surpassed 1,450 and nearly 200 buildings have completely collapsed.
A man and his teen son were found alive under the rubble on Sunday by French and American rescue teams in Caraballeda, a town about 40km north of Caracas.
The rescue...
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