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<\/p>\nCentral Florida Venezuelans respond to earthquakes in their home country<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCOUNTY LIVE IN TITUSVILLE. MEGAN MORIARTY, WESH TWO NEWS. TWO MASSIVE EARTHQUAKES IN VENEZUELA LEFT MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE DEAD AND THOUSANDS ARE INJURED, AND THE SEARCH NOW CONTINUES FOR MANY MORE WHO ARE MISSING. GEORGE SOLIS HAS THE VERY LATEST INFORMATION. THE TWO MASSIVE QUAKES LESS THAN A MINUTE APART IN A HIGHLY POPULATED AREA. PEOPLE RUNNING INTO THE STREETS IN A PANIC AS BUILDINGS CRUMBLED TO THE GROUND. THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ALSO FELT JUST 20 MILES AWAY IN THE CAPITAL, CARACAS. RESCUE TEAMS DIGGING THROUGH CONCRETE AND TWISTED STEEL IN A DESPERATE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS AMID THE VAST DESTRUCTION. A MOMENT OF HOPE SHOWN ON STATE TV OVERNIGHT. RESCUERS PULLING THREE CHILDREN ALIVE FROM THE RUBBLE. THIS BASEBALL STADIUM OUTSIDE CARACAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY AS QUAKES HIT, SENDING PEOPLE SCRAMBLING ONTO THE FIELD TO TAKE COVER. THE COUNTRY\u2019S MAIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. SHUT DOWN AFTER SUFFERING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. AUTHORITIES DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY. THE COUNTRY\u2019S INTERIM PRESIDENT DELCY RODRIGUEZ CALLING IT A TRUE TRAGEDY. EXPERTS SAY THE UNUSUAL EARTHQUAKE COULD STILL POSE A THREAT. IT\u2019S NOT A COMMON OCCURRENCE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT DOES HAPPEN SOMETIMES. THERE WILL ABSOLUTELY BE AFTERSHOCKS THAT FOLLOW THIS EARTHQUAKE, AND SOME OF THEM COULD BE QUITE LARGE AND DAMAGING. NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES ALREADY OFFERING HELP, INCLUDING THE U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO EARLIER THIS YEAR ORDERED THE U.S. MILITARY TO CAPTURE THE COUNTRY\u2019S PREVIOUS AUTHORITARIAN LEADER, NICOLAS MADURO, SAYING THE U.S. STANDS READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO HELP JONATHAN RESCUE EFFORTS STILL UNDERWAY AS THE TRUE SCALE OF THE DISASTER IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING TO EMERGE. THAT WAS GEORGE POLICE REPORTING JUST THOSE IMAGES OF THE IMPACT OF THIS TRAGEDY IS BEING FELT ALL THE WAY HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. NANCY ALVAREZ JOINING US NOW. AND, NANCY, WE KNOW THAT THERE\u2019S A SIGNIFICANT VENEZUELAN POPULATION RIGHT HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. THERE IS MAYOR. WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST VENEZUELAN POPULATIONS IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY, WITH ABOUT 127,000 PEOPLE LIVING JUST IN THE ORLANDO METRO AREA. WE\u2019VE COVERED WHAT VENEZUELA HAS BEEN THROUGH POLITICALLY. AND NOW THIS AS MORE AND MORE IMAGES COME IN. PEOPLE HERE ARE, OF COURSE, CHECKING IN WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN VENEZUELA. IT WAS ACTUALLY A NATIONAL HOLIDAY THERE YESTERDAY. SO MANY PEOPLE WERE OFF OF WORK. KIDS OF COURSE, OUT OF SCHOOL. SO MANY FAMILIES WERE OUT JUST ENJOYING THE DAY WHEN THESE EARTHQUAKES STRUCK. CONVERSATIONS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ON HOW TO HELP. WE SPOKE TO WILLIAM DIAZ EARLIER. HE IS THE FOUNDER OF A NONPROFIT CALLED CASA DE VENEZUELA. THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS SUPPORTING VENEZUELAN FAMILIES HERE, AND THEY\u2019RE. ALREADY ORGANIZING PEOPLE FROM DAYTONA UP TO OSCEOLA COUNTY, DIFFERENT SISTER ORGANIZATIONS TO US. AND WE. ARE WE READY? SO WE ARE SHARING A LINK TO SUPPORT CASA DE VENEZUELA. IN THIS STORY ON WESH.COM. SO YOU CAN GO THERE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THEY DO AND HOW YOU CAN HELP. WE SHOULD POINT OUT NO FORMAL FUNDRAISING EFFORTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED LOCALLY JUST YET. THEY ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO REALLY GET THE SCOPE OF THE DAMAGE AND THE IMPACT AND HOW THEY CAN HELP. OF COURSE, WE\u2019LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS. AND MAYOR, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RESPONSE THAT WE SAW HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA AFTER HURRICANE MARIA IN PUERTO RICO. I MEAN, THERE\u2019S JUST AN OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR PUERTO RICANS. AND HOPEFULLY WE\u2019LL SEE THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE VENEZUELANS ARE GOING TO NEED IT. AND AS YOU TALKED TO HIM THIS MORNING, SAYING IT\u2019S TIME TO MOBILIZE. SO I\u2019M SURE THAT\u2019S WHAT THE\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Central Florida Venezuelans respond to earthquakes in their home country<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 12:22 PM EDT Jun 25, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n