2 dead, 5 missing, 25,000 affected after Hurricane Beryl hits Venezuela

CARACAS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- At least two people were dead, five missing and 25,000 affected as Hurricane Beryl ripped through northeast Venezuela's Sucre state, Interior and Justice Minister Remigio Ceballos said Tuesday.

"To date we can say that, unfortunately, two people have died, five are missing, and we are in a permanent, direct search (for survivors and victims)," Ceballos told state-run Venezolana de Tel