Venezuela quake death toll passes 4,300 as scale of recovery effort looms large

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

The death toll in Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes has passed 4,300, the government said on Saturday.

At least 4,333 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, the Venezuelan parliament chief, Jorge Rodriguez, wrote on Telegram. Thousands more people are listed as missing.