Foodgrains Bank responds as powerful back-to-back earthquakes push Venezuela deeper into crisis

Country: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Source: Canadian Foodgrains Bank As two powerful earthquakes tore through north-central Venezuela on Wednesday evening, they intensified an already fragile humanitarian crisis – placing millions more people at risk of hunger. The back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude hit within a minute of each other, killing at least 589 people and injuring nearly 3,000 others. These numbers are expected to rise exponentially in the coming days a