Venezuela quake death toll passes 4,000 as scale of recovery effort looms large

Nearly 17,000 injured and thousands more are listed as missing amid calls by UN and president Delcy Rodriguez for financial help

The death toll in Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes has topped 4,000, the government said on Friday.

At least 4,118 people were killed and 16,740 injured in the back-to-back quakes on 24 June that flattened entire districts in the coastal state of La Guaira, Venezuelan parliament chief Jorge Rodriguez wrote on Telegram. Thousands more are listed as missing.