In Photos: Venezuela Rescue Team Efforts

|July 02, 2026Updated:July 02, 2026Members of the County of Los Angeles Fire Department’s international urban search and rescue team prepare to leave for Venezuela in Pacoima, Calif., on June 25, 2026. Blake Fagan/AFP via Getty ImagesU.S. soldiers patrol the streets following twin earthquakes in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty ImagesA woman takes care of a cat in a shelter at Caraballeda Golf & Yacht Club in Carabellada, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Jesus Vargas/Getty ImagesView of the debris of collapsed buildings as part of the search and rescue efforts in Venezuela on June 29, 2026. Edilzon Gamez/Getty ImagesSalvadorean soldiers prepare to board a plane heading to Venezuela at Comalapa Air Base in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, on June 25, 2026. A plane carrying a 300-member team of rescuers and experts, as well as food, was sent to Venezuela to assist after the devastating June 24 twin earthquakes. Rudy Quiroz/AFP via Getty ImagesPeople wait for help in a shelter at Caraballeda Golf & Yacht Club in Carabellada, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Jesus Vargas/Getty ImagesA military truck from the Dr. Jose Angel Alamo Military Hospital arrives at the site of collapsed buildings following earthquakes in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 26, 2026. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty ImagesTwo people hug as a backhoe loader removes rubble to aid in the search for survivors of the twin earthquakes, in Caraballeda, La Guaira State, Venezuela, on June 27, 2026. Mauricio Valenzuela/AFP via Getty ImagesA search and rescue dog, part of the USAR Ángeles de la Autopista team search for victims amid debris of a demolished building at Caraballeda in La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 27, 2026. Edilzon Gamez/Getty ImagesLocal people take a rest in an improvised camp at the Jose Maria Vargas sports complex in Maiquetía, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 30, 2026. Tens of thousands of people urgently need food and shelter in Venezuela due to the devastation from two huge earthquakes that killed more than 1,700 and injured 5,000, the UN said on June 30, 2026, as doctors warned of potential outbreaks of disease. Federico Parra/AFP via Getty ImagesA woman takes care of a cat at a shelter for the victims of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Venezuela and other regions in the Caribbean in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 28, 2026. A golf course is operating as a shelter for the victims in Caraballeda, one of the most affected cities. Jesus Vargas/Getty ImagesHelicopters arrive at a shelter to deliver groceries and food at Caraballeda Golf & Yacht Club in La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Jesus Vargas/Getty ImagesMexican rescue workers surround Halley, a dog that helped find a 43-year-old man, as they enter the garage of the building from which he was rescued in Catia La Mar, La Guaira, Venezuela, on July 2, 2026. Federico Parra/AFP via Getty ImagesVolunteers distribute medicines and basic supplies to residents affected by twin earthquakes in the Playa Verde sector of Catia La Mar, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Federico Parra/AFP via Getty ImagesMembers of the 7th Civil Security Training and Intervention Regiment exchange information with Brazilian rescue workers next to a damaged building in Catia La Mar, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Miguel Medina/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesA helicopter arrives at a shelter to deliver groceries and food at Caraballeda Golf & Yacht Club in Carabellada, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Jesus Vargas/Getty ImagesA volunteer carries a rescued dog across the rubble of a collapsed building following twin earthquakes in Caracas, Venezuela, on June 25, 2026. Federico Parra/AFP via Getty ImagesA rescuer gives medical attention to an injured person in the La Guaira neighborhood after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Venezuela in Caracas, on June 29, 2026. Jesus Vargas/Getty ImagesA person carries mattresses in a shelter at Caraballeda Golf & Yacht Club in Carabellada, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Jesus Vargas/Getty ImagesA rescuer from the Spanish delegation gives a trained search-and-rescue dog something to drink during a search for victims after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Venezuela, in Caraballeda, on July 1, 2026. Jesus Vargas/Getty ImagesResidents of a damaged building sit beside belongings as they take shelter at Caraballeda Golf & Yacht Club in Carabellada, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Jesus Vargas/Getty ImagesTwo people embrace inside a damaged residential building in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 27, 2026. Mauricio Valenzuela/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Mexican Army makes a search and rescue operation in Venezuela on June 29, 2026. The number of fatalities increased to more than 1400, while the number of injured people exceeded 3,000. More than 70,000 people are reported missing. The Mexican rescue team is carrying out intense search and rescue operations. Edilzon Gamez/Getty ImagesVolunteers distribute food and water to motorcyclists assisting in the transport of humanitarian aid in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 27, 2026. Federico Parra/AFP via Getty ImagesRescuers transfer a patient into an ambulance after the person was pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 28, 2026. Mauricio Valenzuela/AFP via Getty ImagesPeople queue to receive donated food and drinks in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 27, 2026. Miguel Medina/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesA child from a damaged building takes a bath as he takes shelter on a street after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Venezuela on June 29, 2026. Edilzon Gamez/Getty ImagesPeople build an improvised bathroom in a shelter for people affected by earthquakes that struck Venezuela on July 1, 2026. Jesus Vargas/Getty ImagesChildren play under a tent in La Guaira, Venezuela, on July 1, 2026. Edilzon Gamez/Getty ImagesThe USS Fort Lauderdale remains docked in the port of La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Sailors and Marines from the USS Fort Lauderdale delivered supplies to the port of La Guaira on June 28 using a landing craft. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty ImagesA woman helping in the search waves in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 30, 2026. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty ImagesResidents fill plastic containers with water from a tanker truck in the Playa Verde sector of Catia La Mar, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Federico Parra/AFP via Getty ImagesWork continues to remove debris as part of search and rescue efforts at a collapsed residential building in Caracas, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Edilzon Gamez/Getty ImagesA resident carries a large container of water near damaged apartment buildings in the Playa Verde sector of Catia La Mar, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Federico Parra/AFP via Getty ImagesRelatives of missing people embrace next to rubble at Los Cocos beach in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela, on July 1, 2026. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty ImagesWork continues to remove debris as part of search and rescue efforts at a collapsed residential building in Caracas, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Edilzon Gamez/Getty ImagesWork continues to remove the debris as part of the search and rescue efforts at a collapsed residential building in Caracas, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. Edilzon Gamez/Getty ImagesPeople recharge their phones at an improvised camp in the Jose Maria Vargas Sports Complex in Maiquetia, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 30, 2026. Federico Parra/AFP via Getty ImagesVolunteers embrace amid the rubble of collapsed buildings in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 27, 2026. Mauricio Valenzuela/AFP via Getty Images