#skynews#earthquake#venezuela Families in Venezuela are clinging to hope as search efforts continue five days after two devastating earthquakes struck the country.
In the earthquake red zone of La Guaira, survivors describe scenes of unimaginable grief and frustration, with many digging through rubble by hand while pleading for heavy machinery to help reach those still trapped.
Sky News correspondent Martha Kelner reports from the disaster zone, where families share heart-breaking stories of loved ones lost, rare rescues offer moments of hope, and aftershocks continue to terrify residents.
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In the red zone of La Guaira, Venezuela, survivors of a devastating earthquake express profound anger and desperation. Residents criticize the poor quality of construction and the lack of government machinery to recover bodies and clear rubble. The atmosphere is one of unimaginable grief, marked by tragic family losses and the lingering trauma of aftershocks.
I'm called over by a man who says he wants to send a message to the world.
We're working like animals, he says.
In the earthquake's red zone, the anger is burning hot.
What we need is materials. How long are we going to keep suffering?
We're not dogs, we're not animals, we're human beings.
This building was made of cardboard, or this s**t.
Look, look at this.
This is Tanaurena, where huge blocks of social housing are now seemingly endless piles of rubble.
We're all desperate, they scream. We need help.
They beg the government for more machines.
It seems everyone here wants to share their story and their fury.
I'm digging because I have my nephew and my sister and brother-in-law in the area.
I have the will to work, but I don't have the special machines to cut the concrete.
Guaikaia shows me a video of her niece.
The timestamp is 6.22pm last Wednesday, 20 minutes after the earthquake.
She's saying, I'm here with my grandmother, we are well.
And my mum says, don't be nervous.
Her niece's charred body was pulled from the rubble two days ago.
Close by, a 21-year-old man was pulled alive from the wreckage after 106 hours.
We're about to leave the site when another man calls us over.
These are bodies that you've found.
Just minutes ago, he retrieved the bodies of his daughter and two grandchildren, four years old and 11 months.
We need to move them, he says. I don't know how to move them.
Ilias is a lawyer volunteering here.
It's crazy. I mean, I get home, I take a shower and I still hear screams, I still smell this smell, you know.
Even I took 10 showers in a row, I'm feeling the same.
People here are still living as well with the terror of more earthquakes.
There was a 5.1 magnitude shake not far from here that sent people running out of their homes.
It's tense and unimaginably grim here.
The place where grief fills the air.
Martha Kelner, Sky News, La Guaira, Venezuela.
