Ve ezuela
quake
toll
ises
to
6,301;
ove
9,500
homes
deemed
high- isk.
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Photo)
Mo e
tha
six
weeks
afte
two
powe ful
ea thquakes
st uck
Ve ezuela,
the
death
toll
has
ise
to
6,301,
while
mo e
tha
9,500
homes
have
bee
classified
as
high- isk,
u de sco i g
the
scale
of
the
cou t y’s
p olo ged
ecove y
a d
eco st uctio
challe ge.Natio al
Assembly
P eside t
Jo ge
Rod iguez
a ou ced
the
latest
figu es
o
Mo day
i
a
update
posted
o
his
Teleg am
cha el.
Rod iguez,
who
also
heads
the
comma d
ove seei g
tempo a y
camps,
said
287
homes
have
so
fa
bee
delive ed
to
people
affected
by
the
Ju e
24
ea thquakes.
Ove
53,000
homes
assessed
Autho ities
have
assessed
53,314
homes
si ce
the
disaste ,
with
31,336
deemed
habitable
a d
12,411
placed
u de
est icted
access
because
of
damage.
A othe
9,567
homes
we e
classified
as
high- isk.The
death
toll
has
co ti ued
to
ise
as
escue,
deb is- emoval
a d
ecove y
ope atio s
p og ess.
O
July
12,
autho ities
had
epo ted
4,490
deaths,
16,740
i ju ies
a d
17,907
people
left
homeless,
i dicati g
a
sha p
i c ease
i
the
epo ted
huma
toll
i
the
weeks
si ce
the
ea thquakes.The
disaste
has
also
caused
exte sive
eco omic
damage.
Di ect
physical
losses
have
bee
estimated
at
$19.6
billio ,
with
eside tial
buildi gs
accou ti g
fo
47%
of
the
damage.
I f ast uctu e
ep ese ted
a othe
27%,
while
o – eside tial
buildi gs
accou ted
fo
26%.Reco st uctio
costs
could
eve tually
each
$50
billio ,
o ce
ebuildi g
a d
st uctu al
imp oveme ts
a e
i cluded.
Two
quakes
st uck
withi
a
mi ute
Ve ezuela
was
hit
by
ea thquakes
measu i g
7.2
a d
7.5
mag itude
o
Ju e
24,
with
the
two
powe ful
shocks
occu i g
about
a
mi ute
apa t
i
o the
Ve ezuela,
west
of
Ca acas.The
ea thquakes
caused
widesp ead
buildi g
damage,
powe
outages
a d
dis uptio s
to
public
se vices.
Schools
we e
closed,
with
some
co ve ted
i to
tempo a y
shelte s,
while
the
cou t y’s
mai
i te atio al
ai po t
was
tempo a ily
shut
as
autho ities
assessed
the
damage.With
ea ly
9,600
homes
ow
classified
as
high- isk
a d
o ly
287
eplaceme t
homes
delive ed,
Ve ezuela
faces
a
majo
housi g
a d
eco st uctio
challe ge
i
the
weeks
a d
mo ths
ahead.
