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GENEVA, Switzerland(AFP)âInternational search and rescue teams from at least 17 countries are being scrambled to Venezuela to help look for survivors of devastating twin earthquakes, the United Nations said Friday.
Getting those teams to the scene is the âtop priorityâ, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said.
âEarthquakes are one of the most devastating things that can happen to any country,â spokesman Jens Laerke told reporters in Geneva.
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