CARACAS, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's health ministry raised the death toll to at least 235 on Thursday evening after two powerful earthquakes struck the country a day earlier.

A vehicle is crushed at a building that collapsed after earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Photo: AP)

The number of injured has climbed to 4,300, Venezuelan Health Minister Carlos Alvarado said in an interview with state television on Thursday.

The twin earthquakes, measuring magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 and striking just 40 seconds apart late Wednesday, were the strongest to hit Venezuela in more than a century and the deadliest in decades.