Countries around the world are rushing aid to Venezuela.

Individuals are too.

The earthquake was another blow to a country that was already straining under multiple crises.

I'm Scott Simon.

I'm I. Shorosko and this is up first from NPR News.

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So stay with us. We have the country, struggles to cope with the aftermath.

The quakes hit within a minute of each other, causing widespread destruction near the capital

Caracas.

The government says more than 900 people have been killed and more than 3,000 injured.

Thousands more people are missing.

International search and rescue teams are arriving, but limited equipment and an overstretched

health system are slowing them down. In some areas,

residents are using their bare hands to dig for survivors. John Otis has just arrived in Caracas.

John, thanks for being with us. Thanks for having me, Scott. You have been to Caracas many times before.

What were your first impressions as you came in this time?

Yeah, well, the fact is we had to drive in all the way from the Colombian border into Caracas,

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