00:02The devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela last month caused some 19.5 billion
00:09dollars in direct physical damages, according to a World Bank estimate released
00:15Thursday.
00:16This initial rapid assessment estimates that the damage to homes represented almost
00:21half of the total, at $9.3 billion, while non-residential buildings
00:28They suffered losses of 5 billion and infrastructure losses of 5.2 billion.
00:34At least 5,398 people died as a result of the June 24 earthquakes, according to a count.
00:41official, and hundreds of buildings were destroyed.
00:46The states of La Guaira and the Capital District were the most impacted, followed by Miranda
00:52and Carabobo.
00:53At least 16,700 people were injured, and unofficial estimates place the number
01:01of missing persons still numbering in the thousands.
01:04The UN estimates that more than one million people need immediate humanitarian aid.
01:10The World Bank warned that the disaster will affect productivity levels, consumption, and the
01:16growth of Venezuela's Gross Domestic Product during the next decade.
01:21He considered, however, that this impact could be mitigated by increasing public investment.
01:27and private sector to accelerate reconstruction.
01:30Venezuela's interim president, Delsi Rodríguez, promised this week to deliver 4,000
01:37homes before the end of the year for those displaced by the earthquakes, including some 23,000 who
01:43now they are homeless.
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