Venezuela Floods Kill at Least 25 after Heavy Rains

People sit surrounded by belongings following floods due to heavy rains, in Las Tejerias, Aragua state, Venezuela October 9, 2022. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
People sit surrounded by belongings following floods due to heavy rains, in Las Tejerias, Aragua state, Venezuela October 9, 2022. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
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Venezuela Floods Kill at Least 25 after Heavy Rains

People sit surrounded by belongings following floods due to heavy rains, in Las Tejerias, Aragua state, Venezuela October 9, 2022. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
People sit surrounded by belongings following floods due to heavy rains, in Las Tejerias, Aragua state, Venezuela October 9, 2022. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

At least 25 people died and 52 were missing after five small rivers in central Venezuela flooded due to heavy rains, Citizen Security Vice President Remigio Ceballos said Sunday evening in a televised address.

The downpour on Saturday night swept large tree trunks and debris from surrounding mountains into the community of Tejerias, 40 miles (67 kilometers) southwest of Caracas, damaging businesses and farmland, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said earlier in the day.

Rodriguez said that a month's worth of rain had fallen in just eight hours and pumps used to power the community's drinking water system were carried away in the flood waters, Reuters reported.

Rodriguez said the priority was to locate people still trapped under mud and rocks throughout the town, while military and rescue personnel also searched the riverbanks for survivors.

"We have lost boys, girls," the vice president said from a flooded street in Tejerias. "What has happened in the town of Tejerias is a tragedy."

President Nicolas Maduro said in a tweet that he had designated the area a disaster zone and had declared three days of mourning.



Russian Drone Attack Kills Five, Injures 24 in Ukraine

A view shows the site of the Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine June 5, 2025. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi
A view shows the site of the Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine June 5, 2025. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi
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Russian Drone Attack Kills Five, Injures 24 in Ukraine

A view shows the site of the Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine June 5, 2025. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi
A view shows the site of the Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine June 5, 2025. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi

A Russian drone attack killed the family of the local fire chief in Ukraine's northern town of Pryluky in Chernihiv region, Ukraine's interior minister said on Thursday.

Minister Ihor Klymenko said the attack killed the fire chief's wife, daughter and one-year-old grandson, according to Reuters.

"On this terrible night, the rescuer was on site with the fire and rescue team to deal with the aftermath of the enemy strikes," he wrote on Telegram, expressing his condolences.

The family was among five people killed when Russia launched six drones to attack the town overnight, regional governor Viacheslav Chaus said. Six more people were hospitalized, he added.

Ukraine's northern and eastern regions have been a frequent target of Russian drones and missiles in the more than three-year-old war.

Another Russian drone attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv injured 18 people, including four children, Klymenko said.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the overnight strikes damaged seven apartment buildings, with direct hits on two.

"It flew into our neighbors' apartment next door, and my child and I managed to run out into the hallway," resident Anastasiia Meleshchenko told Reuters at the scene, adding that the ceiling began to crumble after a blast.

"Yesterday, workers had just finished repair work in my apartment after the previous attack," she said.

Outside, wrecked cars were on the street and emergency services workers were inspecting the damage.

There was no immediate comment from Russia.