Crumbling edifice
Cost of rebuilding more than damage for quake-hit Venezuela, experts say
Updated: 2026-08-03 09:37
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'Far from over'
A month on, search efforts continue for bodies buried underneath rubble, but operations have evolved to focus on post-earthquake humanitarian aid and rebuilding. Recovering from the earthquakes in Venezuela will take years, according to the Red Cross.
"This disaster is far from over," said Scott Craig, spokesman for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Craig said that while in the immediate aftermath the focus had been on saving lives, now it was on caring for survivors.
"Survivors are living with anxiety, fear, sadness and sleeplessness as they grieve relatives, homes, jobs and livelihoods lost," he told reporters in Geneva.
