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Families still search for loved ones a month after Venezuela quakes

A month after twin earthquakes hit Venezuela on 24 June, families in La Guaira are still searching rubble for loved ones as the death toll exceeds 5,300.

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Families in Venezuela are still searching for the remains of their loved ones a month after twin earthquakes struck on 24 June, leaving flattened apartment buildings along the coast of La Guaira, the region worst-hit by the disaster. Government officials say the death toll has now surpassed 5,300, while estimates of the number still missing could be as high as 50,000.

The BBC's Latin America correspondent Will Grant visited towns in La Guaira after the tremors first hit and returned a month later to find families still continuing their search for loved ones.

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