GEM calls for South Florida volunteers as Venezuela aid marks one month
Volunteers are needed daily through Friday to help sort and pack aid boxes for Venezuela.
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Volunteers are needed daily through Friday to help sort and pack aid boxes for Venezuela.
GEM has run 16 cargo planes and 7 shipping containers to Venezuela since June 24 amid the deadly earthquakes.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) reports that at least 38 hospitals were damaged in the disaster, leaving medical staff to rely on emergency tents that are struggling to fill the gaps in care.
An Amazon flight will depart Miami International Airport for Venezuela on Thursday morning in a partnership between the company and Airlink to support victims of the back-to-back earthquakes in the South American country two weeks ago.
The City of Miami and the Miami Marlins have opened a new donation collection site for victims of the recent earthquakes in Venezuela. Financial contributions remain the fastest way to provide help.
Members of Florida Task Force 1 and 2 spent the week assisting local and international partners with search-and-rescue missions.
More than 2,000 people were killed in the back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela.
Hernan Gil was brought out on a stretcher as elated rescuers cheered and hugged each other. He was loaded into a waiting ambulance and driven away.
According to arrest records, Franklin Virgüez, 72, was seen at the Doral Park Country Club in a gray vehicle exposing himself publicly.
Thousands of people were killed and injured, and tens of thousands remain unaccounted for after the earthquakes in Venezuela.
The committee joined the Hope 4 Venezuela relief campaign.
CBS News Miami presented a 30-minute special, Hope 4 Venezuela, on Wednesday night and raised thousands for those impacted by the deadly and catastrophic earthquakes.
People from across South Florida are still heading to Global Empowerment Mission in Doral to drop off supplies for victims of Venezuela's earthquakes, and more manpower is needed to help sort and pack all the aid to be loaded onto planes for those who need it most. CBS News Miami's Erika Gonzalez has more from GEM.
Rescue teams in Venezuela pulled an earthquake victim alive from the rubble eight days after the disaster, but as crews are in a race against time as hope for finding more survivors fades.
It's been one week since deadly back-to-back earthquakes struck Venezuela, leaving thousands of people dead and injured and tens of thousands missing. CBS News Correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez has been on the ground in Venezuela since the catastrophic earthquakes and has the latest on search-and-rescue efforts as the nation begins an official seven-day mourning period.
Rescue efforts are continuing in Venezuela one week after deadly back-to-back earthquakes.
Rows of cars have remained lined up at the Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) in Doral, where volunteers are collecting donations of non-perishable food, tents, and diapers to send to the disaster zone.
Dramatic video showed the moment a rescue team pulled a small dog from the rubble nearly a week after twin earthquakes devastated Venezuela.
South Florida residents have responded in large numbers to the call for help after two deadly earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24.
Critics have long alleged that the public housing erected following the 1999 landslides was built rapidly on risky terrain without proper oversight during the administration of former President Hugo Chavez.
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.
Officials fear the death toll will continue to grow after powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday.
A 21-year-old man was pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira after spending 106 hours trapped following Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes.
Nearly a week after Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes killed at least 1,700 people, including three Americans, international rescue and relief efforts continue while South Florida organizations ramp up donations and aid for survivors.
"We have to be hopeful. We rely on our faith."
