Urgent: Venezuela quake death toll rises to 3,535, over 16,700 injured


CARACAS, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 has risen to 3,535, with 16,740 people injured, according to National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez.

Additionally, 17,854 people remain homeless, Rodriguez wrote in a post on Telegram Monday.

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