Venezuela rescue efforts grow desperate as death toll rises and aftershock rattles country

By — Stephanie Sy Stephanie Sy By — Zeba Warsi Zeba Warsi By — Sonia Kopelev Sonia Kopelev Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/venezuela-rescue-efforts-grow-desperate-as-death-toll-rises-and-aftershock-rattles-country Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Venezuelans continued to search for loved ones trapped under debris and rubble caused by the devastating back-to-back earthquakes five days ago. The Venezuelan government updated the death toll, saying 1,700 people are dead. That number is expected to climb higher. Stephanie Sy reports. Listen to this Segment By — Stephanie Sy Stephanie Sy Stephanie Sy is a PBS News Hour correspondent. Throughout her career, she served in anchor and correspondent capacities for ABC News, Al Jazeera America, CBSN, CNN International, and PBS News Hour Weekend. Prior to joining News Hour, she was with Yahoo News where she anchored coverage of the 2018 Midterm Elections and reported from Donald Trump’s victory party on Election Day 2016. By — Zeba Warsi Zeba Warsi Zeba Warsi is a foreign affairs producer, based in Washington DC. She's a Columbia Journalism School graduate with an M.A. in Political journalism. She was one of the leading members of the NewsHour team that won the 2024 Peabody award for News for our coverage of the war in Gaza and Israel. @Zebaism By — Sonia Kopelev Sonia Kopelev