00:00We will hear now more information with our colleague Luis.
00:15Hello, good evening Lorena, good evening to all our audience.
00:18We are here in San Bernardino.
00:20It's one of the airports here in the capital district in Caracas.
00:24We have been traveling around the capital district for a while
00:27to see the impact of these two powerful earthquakes that hit the country.
00:32It was felt across, especially in the western and central of Venezuela,
00:36but different states felt the impact of these two powerful earthquakes,
00:417.2, the first and 7.5.
00:43The second, the region we're at right now, the neighborhood, San Bernardino,
00:46we have confirmation of three buildings that were completely collapsed,
00:49two completely collapsed.
00:50The second is half of it is collapsed, is the one that is behind.
00:54The first building that we visited, the first structure, was a smaller building,
00:59and two people were found there.
01:01A couple was found there in that building,
01:02and also other people were rescued alive by the security forces.
01:06The civil guard that are here present, as was announced by the authorities,
01:10all civil protection, all security agencies are deployed.
01:14I know if you can see behind me, all the people are deployed,
01:17doing this rescue operation as fast as possible.
01:20I know you can hear the sounds in the background of the tools that are being used.
01:25The building that we are right now, the 11 people have already been rescued.
01:29As I was saying, it was completely, it collapsed by half of it.
01:33The whole middle of the building collapsed, especially because of the water tank that was on the roof,
01:38that it completely cracked, and all that gave in the entire structure coming down below.
01:43So, 11 people are already being rescued.
01:45Authorities are continuing to work here hard against the clock,
01:49because they have confirmation of three people that still show vital signs.
01:53They have confirmation of three people that are still trapped inside with vital signs,
01:57and that's why they are working also against the clock,
01:59to be able to rescue these three people alive before time turns out.
02:03We also have confirmations, we're saying that there was a person that was found dead in this collapse,
02:08and there's also confirmation of casualties in the third collapse that took place in this neighborhood.
02:12And like I was telling you at the beginning before, I talked about specifically the situation here in San Bernardino.
02:18These three locations are here in the capital district.
02:21We were moving around different areas, and we saw much of the same,
02:26lots of superficial damage in many buildings, but as I was telling you before to the audience,
02:31in Altamira there are two completely collapsed buildings,
02:34and people are still working there very strongly to be able to rescue the people that are trapped.
02:39We also were able to see, as we drove around the capital district,
02:45that people are on the street as was recommended,
02:47and as what is being called by the authorities, people are on the streets,
02:51they are taking shelter on the street,
02:53people are gathering in the public squares, in the public spaces.
02:57We were, before coming here, we were in youth square, in youth plaza,
03:02that is an area also gathering there, and we saw a lot of people there with their families,
03:06their neighbors, their pets, everyone was there just taking shelter,
03:10staying calm in the middle.
03:12We are listening. Let me be quiet a moment.
03:16Thank you, thank you very much, Luis, for...
03:20I was being quiet, because they seem to hear, they heard someone,
03:23so that's why they asked to remain silent for a moment.
03:27I'm going to speak a bit low, I don't know if you can still hear me,
03:31but it seems that they have listened, they have been able to listen to someone,
03:35and going for help, of course, going to be rescued.
03:38That's why the authorities here have asked everyone to gather to be silent,
03:44so that they are able to listen to what is happening,
03:48to be able to rescue the person as quick as possible.
03:52So, as we attend, people were outside, they are taking shelter,
03:56there's a logistical service provided, there are public bathrooms that have been put in place.
04:00The area where we were in this plaza, there was not so much damage,
04:04but people still were being cautious.
04:07As more information, just moments ago, the acting president provided official statements to the country,
04:13where she talked about everything that was being done to be able to move quickly in the reported phase.
04:18She made it very clear that right now, the station in which Venezuela is,
04:22is the search and rescue operations of everyone that has been trapped.
04:26Not only here, we must recall that this was felt all across the west,
04:29in Aragua, in Zulia, in Carabobo, in different regions of the country.
04:34It was also felt in other countries of the region.
04:36So, work is being carried out as quickly as possible to be able to save as many lives as possible.
04:42And the acting president also announced that school is temporarily suspended until further notice,
04:49as well as it is the gas service, that there is currently no gas service in order to prevent any
04:55kind of accident,
04:56any kind of explosion.
04:58Now, the operations have resumed in the background.
05:01They continue to work.
05:02As we were saying, they know three people are currently alive, trapped in that rubble, on the dark rubble,
05:07so they are working very, very tirelessly to be able to rescue these people alive.
05:12So, this is the information we have right now.
05:15Venezuelans are on the streets in Combe.
05:17If you can look around to see the people, everyone is on the streets waiting in Combe,
05:23just waiting as it was recommended by the authorities.
05:26We saw a bunch of the same across as we drove through the city.
05:29And we will continue, of course, updating and we will continue moving, going around the city to see the impact
05:34of this devastating earthquake.
05:35These two very powerful earthquakes that impacted Venezuela just a few minutes past 6 p.m. in Karakistan.
05:45Thank you very much, Luis, for all of your latest information, for also being our eyes in everything that is
05:51happening throughout the Capitol tonight,
05:53and for all your prompt information, for sure, we are going to keep in contact with you as the night
05:59evolves.
06:00Let's recall that this is taking place as Venezuela suffered the earthquake, two major earthquakes that happened consequently,
06:10one first after the other, of 7.1 and 7.5 in magnitude in the Richter scale.
06:17Let's recall that this is a scale of 9.5.
06:20So these were two major earthquakes that happened tonight, a few hours ago after past 6 p.m. local time.
06:31We have our teams deployed there.
06:33So this is information that Luis Alberto Matos is bringing for us.
06:39I don't know if you can hear me, Luis Alberto.
06:45Luis Alberto Matos is our correspondent in Caracas, Venezuela.
06:51Luis, what else can you share with us in this night of so much concern and of national concern?
06:59Let's recall that this, as we were informing, just as we have been informing for over five hours at this
07:08moment.
07:09And...
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