Las Tejerías: the images of the lethal landslide after the torrential rains in Venezuela

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The heavy rainfall in the last two weeks in Venezuela has caused the death of more than 40 people in various parts of the country, according to national organizations.

But the most affected area has been the community of Las Tejerias, in the state of Aragua, in the north-central part of the country, regarding 67 kilometers southwest of the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.

At least 25 people died and more than 50 remain missing in the area.

After the intense rains, a flow overflowed and dragged houses and flooded streets of the town, destroying everything that the water found in its path.

The president, Nicolás Maduro, decreed a natural catastrophe, in addition to a three-day national mourning, in Las Tejerías.

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Residents help rescuers dig up mud from destroyed homes as they search for victims or survivors.

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The population was left without electricity and without communications, because the current carried away the antennas of the telephone operators.

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A man looks at the rubble of destroyed houses washed away by the landslide in Las Tejerías.

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Residents comfort each other as rescuers search for their missing relatives in the rubble.

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Rescue teams carry an injured woman following the rains and the overflow of the Los Patos river in Tejerías.

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The executive vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, indicated that the “great landslide” had caused “human losses” and great material damage.

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Residents sit in a semi-buried vehicle while rescuers search for their missing relatives.

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Vladimir Padrino, the country’s defense minister, reported that the government had deployed rescue forces, citizen security, as well as maintenance and cleaning crews in the area.

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