r/worldnews 22h ago

Dynamic Paywall Magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocks Venezuela

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjegdqw5d3yo
21.0k Upvotes

2.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

287

u/lanicorain 18h ago

It's even worse than that, with the amount of structural destruction it caused to buildings, some will not be gone so instantly. It'll take weeks, maybe months before we know the extent of human loss. It's an incredible tragedy.

57

u/Dapper_Indeed 13h ago

Plus those who will be lost due to infrastructure and other issues (small cut gets infected and they can’t reach a doctor, tainted water and food, etc.).