'Disaster Level'... Around 90 Dead and Missing Due to Landslide in Venezuela

Deployment of Drones and Detection Dogs for Missing Person Search
Struggling to Rescue Amid Mud Excavation
President: "Will Not Spare Support"

On the 10th (local time), a grandmother who lost her 7-year-old grandson to a landslide in Las Tejerias, Venezuela, is crying uncontrollably. Photo by AP Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Juri] A landslide has occurred in Venezuela, South America, and the number of victims is increasing.

On the 10th (local time), Remigio Ceballos, Venezuela's Minister of the Interior, announced in Caracas that at least 36 people have died and 56 are missing due to the landslide in Las Tejer?as, Aragua, located 67 km southwest of the capital.

The previous day, heavy rains caused a river to flood, overwhelming the town of about 54,000 residents in Las Tejer?as and causing disaster-level damage.

Large tree trunks and debris from surrounding mountains were swept away by the river, rendering farmland unusable, and utility poles fell, causing a large-scale power outage.

Minister Ceballos stated that about 1,000 rescue workers, drones, and search dogs were deployed to conduct overnight search operations.

Residents also used pickaxes and shovels to gradually dig through the area, desperately searching for the whereabouts of family and neighbors whose lives were unknown, according to the Venezuelan daily El Universal.

President Nicol?s Maduro wrote on his Twitter, "We will spare no effort to provide maximum support to Las Tejer?as."

Venezuelan authorities added that evacuation shelters for the displaced have been set up in Maracay, the capital of Aragua state.

Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that there are no casualties among Korean residents so far. It is known that there are no Korean nationals residing in Las Tejer?as.

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