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Horrifying video from the streets of El Junquito, Venezuela shows buildings crumbling like matchsticks into clouds of choking, brown smoke after a pair of violent earthquakes devastated the country.<\/p>\n

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A chorus of screams and thunderous crashes of destruction hauntingly echo in the background of the footage, which looks like something straight out of a big-budget disaster movie.<\/p>\n

Frightened families can be seen fleeing for their lives in the streets, many of them holding children\u2019s hands and crying.<\/p>\n

Erick Monasterios filmed himself navigating the chaotic scene as he frantically searched for his mother.<\/p>\n

Car alarms blare as he turns his camera on piles of rubble, throngs of people huddled together in terror, and rows of motorcycles tipped on their side.<\/p>\n

El Junquito, with a population of around 70,000, is about 12 miles outside Caracas.<\/p>\n

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The twin 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes have so far killed at least 164 people, Venezuelan authorities said, with hundreds more reported missing as rescue crews desperately search for survivors.<\/p>\n

The first quake struck roughly 100 miles west of Caracas, followed just 39 seconds later by an even bigger 7.5-magnitude tremblor, according to the US Geological Survey, which warned the death toll could climb to at least 10,000 and potentially more than 100,000.<\/p>\n

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The quakes were the strongest to hit the region in over a century.<\/p>\n

President Trump took to Truth Social early Thursday pledging help to the quake-ravaged country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S.A. stands ready, willing, and able to help! I have instructed all agencies of our government to get ready to move quickly. WE will be there for our new and great friends. Early reports are not good!!!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

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