Venezuela Earthquake Latest Updates | Venezuelans Search Packed Hospitals For Missing Loved Ones

Hospitals in Caracas and neighboring La Guaira are overwhelmed with casualties, with desperate families moving from one facility to another in search of missing loved ones. The disaster has killed at least 1,430 people, injured more than 3,200, and displaced thousands of families. The twin quakes, measuring magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, struck central Venezuela less than a minute apart on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). At the Jose Maria Vargas Hospital in Caracas, Luis Pena and his wife arrive from hard‑hit La Guaira after hearing unverified reports that their twin sons, Matias and Mateo, who have been missing since the earthquakes, had been rescued and transferred to the capital. The anxious parents put up missing‑person posters in pediatric emergency areas and on hospital walls, hoping someone will provide a clue that allows them to hold their children again. "We are looking for our twins -- who, it seems, were found in the rubble last night -- and I'm heading up to various locations in Caracas and hospitals to see if I can find my children. They are in good condition, as they have already been found," said Pena, the twins' father. Inside the hospital, pediatric wards have become the emotional epicenter of the disaster, filled with children separated from their families amid the chaos.