Death toll from Venezuela quakes rises to 4,829, government says
5 news sources are covering this World story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
🌍 Cross-language spread
This story first appeared in 🇪🇸 Spanish coverage — 29.4 hours before PULSE detected it in English news.
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The brief
"Death toll from Venezuela quakes rises to 4,829, government says" is generating significant coverage in the World category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include AP News, OSV News, NPR and Al Jazeera. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (5)
- Earthquake aid keeps flowing from Florida to Venezuela, as volunteers unite to help recovery AP News · 6d ago
- ‘Keep Venezuelans in your hearts’ after earthquakes, says Catholic relief worker OSV News · 6d ago
- Venezuela's earthquake recovery overshadows its push for democracy NPR · 6d ago
- Venezuela earthquake: Number of known dead rises to nearly 5,000 victims Al Jazeera · 6d ago
- Death toll from Venezuela quakes rises to 4,829, government says Reuters · 6d ago
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