{"id":390,"date":"2026-06-28T15:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T15:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/?p=390"},"modified":"2026-06-28T15:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T15:22:32","slug":"fears-of-100000-dead-after-back-to-back-earthquakes-devastate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/?p=390","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fears of 100,000 dead\u2019 after back-to-back earthquakes devastate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The first shock felt like the end of the world.<\/p>\n

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The second one proved it might be.<\/p>\n

Within minutes, Caracas was choking in dust, its airport shattered, its skyline torn open, and fears of up to 100,000 dead hanging over a stunned nation.<\/p>\n

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As rescue sirens wailed and buildings folded, desperate families begged for news, while US forces rushed to mo\u2026 C<\/p>\n

In the darkness after the twin quakes, Venezuela is a country holding its breath. Caracas lies gashed open, with apartment blocks sliced in half and<\/p>\n

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furniture dangling over voids where families once slept. Officially, only dozens are confirmed dead and hundreds injured, but the government admits those numbers hide a far more terrifying reality, especially in La Guaira, now labelled a disaster zone and still largely unreachable.<\/p>\n

Rescuers claw through rubble with bleeding hands, listening for faint knocks and muffled cries.<\/p>\n

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In Falcon, people remain trapped hours after the ground stopped shaking. Acting President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez warns the toll will rise, even as aftershocks rattle traumatized survivors camped in the streets.<\/p>\n

From Washington, Donald Trump vows swift American aid, promising search teams and medical support.<\/p>\n

Yet for Venezuelans huddled beside shattered homes, hope feels as fragile as the cracked concrete beneath their feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first shock felt like the end of the world. The second one proved it might be. Within minutes, Caracas was choking in dust, its airport shattered, its skyline torn…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":392,"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions\/392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}