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The official death toll fluctuated as search operations progressed:

: Las Tejerías, Aragua state, roughly 40 miles (67 km) southwest of Caracas. The official death toll fluctuated as search operations

: Exceptional rainfall associated with Hurricane Julia, which saturated the soil and caused five local streams to overflow simultaneously. The official death toll fluctuated as search operations

The October 2022 landslide in , triggered by the precursor disturbance of Hurricane Julia , stands as one of the country's most devastating natural disasters in decades . While Julia primarily made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in Nicaragua, its intense rainfall over the southern Caribbean caused catastrophic flooding in north-central Venezuela. Event Overview The official death toll fluctuated as search operations

: The region received a month's worth of rain in just one day (approximately 100 liters per square meter). Impact and Fatalities