According to the ItamaratyBrazil will send a new flight with humanitarian aid to support Venezuela after the country is hit by earthquakes on the last night Wednesday (24).
O according to the interim president Delcy Rodriguez.
The mission, scheduled for this Saturday (27), will take equipment to setting up a field hospitalwith medicines and medical supplies, in addition to 100 water purifiers with solar panels and materials for health and hospital support.
To date, the FAB (Brazilian Air Force) has not yet confirmed the takeoff time and location.
The president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) also authorized a flight, scheduled for this Friday morning (26) leaving Guarulhos (SP) with a , composed of 44 professionalsfour from Sedec/MIDR (National Secretariat for Civil Protection and Defense); 36 of the Military Fire Brigades from Minas Gerais, São Paulo e Paraná; and four experts from Anatel (National Telecommunications Agency).
The plateau reported that the and will have doctors, sniffer dogs and specialized equipment required for search and rescue operations.
Historically, the first 48 to 72 hours after a tremor are widely considered the “golden window” to reach people buried alive. After this period, the chances of survival without a water source decrease rapidly.
Understand the disaster
The north coast of Venezuela was hit on Wednesday night by. The magnitude of the tremors was.
The Venezuelan Ministry of Health estimates that there are more than 4,300 injured. Authorities believe that around 200 people are still imprisoned under debris and others 157 are missing.
The tremors, considered two of the largest earthquakes in modern Latin American history, They hit a region about 160 km west of Caracas, the country’s capital, while Venezuelans were enjoying a holiday.
The coastal state of La Guaira suffered the worst damage and declared a disaster zone. The situation in the state is a “true tragedy”, and dozens of buildings have collapsed, said Delcy Rodríguez.
