Venezuela Earthquake Double Survivor

Grian Serrano embraces his mother Ingrid Rochabrun at the home where they are staying with relatives in Caracas, Venezuela, after surviving the back-to-back earthquakes that destroyed their apartment building in Caraballeda, Monday, June 29, 2026. Serrano also survived the 1999 mudslides that struck La Guaira.

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He survived 2 natural disasters in Venezuela's La Guaira. Now he vows never to return

He survived 2 natural disasters in Venezuela's La Guaira. Now he vows never to return

Venezuelan merchant Grian Serrano has twice survived major natural disasters in the same place. He lived through the deadly 1999 mudslides in La Guaira and two powerful earthquakes that hit the region. Serrano, his son and his mother were buried under rubble Wednesday when their apartment building collapsed during the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes. The government says the quakes have killed more than 1,700 people and injured more than 5,000, mainly in La Guaira. Serrano believes the area is cursed, but experts say the terrain is risky for construction. After losing everything, Serrano vows never to live in La Guaira again.