Overwhelmed hospitals are racing to save lives in the aftermath of Venezuela’s earthquakes as the stench of decay seeps from collapsed buildings throughout Caracas and families hold onto hope of finding loved ones.

Public anger over Venezuela's response to last week's catastrophic twin earthquakes is growing into a political crisis for the country's U.S.-backed interim government, putting new pressure on President Donald Trump's administration as Washington tries to manage relief efforts without deepening resentment on the ground.

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 earthquakes that hit Venezuela 6 days ago may have damaged or destroyed 58,000 buildings, NASA says, as rescuers race the clock to find survivors.

With tens of thousands of people missing, relatives face another night waiting for news of loved ones as the crucial window for locating survivors closes.

While engineers and construction specialists said it was too soon to declare exactly why individual buildings collapsed, decades of neglect, a lack of enforcement of building codes and shoddy licensing practices under Chavez and his successor,

South Florida residents have responded in large numbers to the call for help after two deadly earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24.

Videos capture some of the harrowing recoveries and frantic, ongoing rescue attempts, as international response efforts near one week.