The US Geological Survey estimated more than 10,000 deaths were possible from the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes, which would place them among Latin America's deadliest of the last century.

Families and volunteers spent days pulling survivors and bodies from the rubble. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Families and volunteers spent days pulling survivors and bodies from the rubble. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A bloody-faced Daniel Cordero emerged from the rubble of a fallen building in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, surrounded by rescue workers who helped him onto a stretcher as bystanders filmed the scene.

Rescue workers have pulled a man from the rubble in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, two days after earthquakes struck the region.

CARACAS/LA GUAIRA/MORON, June 26 - Rescuers worked through the night on Friday to save hundreds of Venezuelans trapped in rubble and find thousands more missing after two of the biggest earthquakes in Latin America's modern history smashed areas in and around the capital Caracas. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

At least 235 people have been reported killed but close to 50,000 remain unaccounted for. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.