How did the lack of government help affect rescue efforts overnight?

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The lack of government help left rescue efforts to desperate relatives and volunteers overnight.

As time passed with no government help appearing, Amparo del Giudice grew exasperated and kept flailing at the rubble with her bare hands in search of her son. Her grandson Alessandro, 23, joined the search for his missing father, wearing a volunteer firefighter’s helmet as he looked over the remains of what had once been a building.
Families were forced to search the rubble themselves
Del Giudice was digging through a huge mound of concrete after the earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela on Wednesday evening. She said the rocks were too heavy to move by hand, but she kept searching anyway because her son was believed to be trapped underneath.
Volunteers joined the search in the damaged area
Alessandro entered the search for his father alongside other rescue efforts in La Guaira, one of the worst-affected regions. Rescue teams and volunteers were seen climbing heaps of ruins, shouting the names of the missing as they worked through collapsed buildings.
The scene remained chaotic through the night
The death toll stood at 235, with around 4,300 people injured, and the area was still covered in dust from badly damaged buildings. Aftershocks continued, and some damaged structures groaned with each new tremor, adding to the danger around the search sites.
The scale of destruction made the search harder
La Guaira, a town of around 25,000, saw many tall buildings severely damaged, including two five-star hotels that collapsed. The coastal highway was broken in several places, and many buildings along the coast were either unlivable or gone entirely.

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