Aftershock frays nerves as many Venezuelans left to fend for themselves

The update

In areas devastated by the twin earthquakes, people are using crowbars, pickaxes and their bare hands to try to reach survivors

The aftershock stakes

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The surrounding pattern

BBC places this within a longer arc of developments around aftershock, frays, nerves, many, venezuelans.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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How Signal Ledger reads this

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of aftershock, frays, nerves, many, venezuelans: In areas devastated by the twin earthquakes, people are using crowbars, pickaxes and their bare hands to try to reach survivors.