Venezuela earthquake death toll nears 3,000 deaths

The number of deaths from Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes have jumped to at least 2,954, an updated official count showed Saturday.

The death toll has risen by over 300 since Friday, with more than 16,500 people injured in last month's disaster. Thousands remain unaccounted for.

On June 24, two back-to-back earthquakes rocked Venezuela in what quickly became one of the worst quake disasters that Latin America has witnessed.

With a magnitude of 7.2 and 7.5, the consecutive earthquakes struck just seconds apart and hit the coastal La Guaira area north of the capital Caracas the hardest.