Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.

Efforts by local and international rescue teams to pull survivors from the rubble grew increasingly desperate in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state

Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.

The 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that struck on Wednesday evening were among the strongest in Venezuela in more than a century.

Venezuelan government said at least 235 people have died, more than 4,300 have been injured and around 200 remain trapped after twin earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck about 160 km west of Caracas.

Venezuelans desperately search for survivors after devastating earthquakes kill 188, leaving many trapped and injured in La Guaira.

National Assembly chief Jorge Rodriguez said at least 188 people were killed and 1,520 injured after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela.

National Assembly chief Jorge Rodriguez said at least 188 people were killed and 1,520 injured after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela.

The 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that struck Wednesday evening were among the strongest in Venezuela in more than a century and could be felt throughout the region.

Twin earthquakes struck Venezuela within seconds, collapsing buildings in Caracas and La Guaira. Rescue teams searched through rubble as officials declared an emergency and families waited for news.

The death toll from two devastating earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to at least 188 people, in addition to 1,520 people injured and 200 still trapped, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, says, according to Reuters, AFP and local media. State media channel Venezolana de Televisión says 157 are reported missing - although the exact figure is unclear with a separate missing people website pointing to a figure in the tens of thousands. At least 2,927 families have lost their homes in the destruction, Rodriguez says. Rescuers are searching the rubble in Caracas and the state of La Guaira, where the UN says more than 100 buildings have collapsed. The quakes, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, hit a minute apart. The second was the strongest to hit Venezuela since 1900. The US Geological Survey says thousands of people could have been killed in total. From Miami to Mexico to Switzerland, aid from around the world is on the way for victims of the earthquakes in Venezuela, Emergency workers…