Death toll of Venezuela earthquakes rises to 2,645

A helicopter flies above the site of a collapsed building, in the aftermath of the June 24 earthquakes in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela, July 3, 2026. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

CARACAS, ⁠July ⁠3 (Reuters) - The ‌death toll in Venezuela's ​twin earthquakes ⁠last ⁠week has risen ⁠to ‌2,645, ⁠the nation's ​information ‌ministry said ⁠on ​Friday.

More than ⁠12,000 were ​wounded and some 15,000 ⁠left homeless by ​the ⁠disaster, the ​ministry ‌said.

(Reporting by ​Deisy Buitrago;)