UK search team joins Venezuela earthquake rescue effort

EVENT SUMMARY

A British search and rescue team of 68 personnel, equipped with sniffer dogs and drones, departed Brize Norton airbase on Friday to aid Venezuela following two major earthquakes on Wednesday. The earthquakes, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, struck near Caracas, causing nearly 1,000 deaths, displacing tens of thousands, and overwhelming medical facilities, prompting a state of emergency and a UK pledge of £2 million in humanitarian aid.

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