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It has been a month since the twin earthquakes in Venezuela, estimated to have killed more than 5,000 people. But there have also been some remarkable stories of rescue with people being pulled alive from the rubble many days after the disaster.

We bring together people who survived disasters to discuss the long-term impact the events have had on their lives.

Marinel lived through Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines in 2013 and was one of the strongest typhoons in recorded history.

Jeff was a pupil at the junior school in Aberfan in South Wales. In 1966, 116 children were killed when waste from coal mines crashed down the mountainside engulfing his school.

鈥淚 did go to one counsellor and that counsellor said to me, when you review what you鈥檝e been through, think of happy things like birthday parties,鈥� Jeff tells us. 鈥淲ell, the majority of people that would have come to my birthday party were now gone.鈥�

We also bring together rescue workers to hear what motivates them and how they cope with confronting death and destruction.

(Photo: Jeff Edwards MBE as a schoolboy aged eight, the age he was when he survived the Aberfan disaster. It is a black and white photo and Jeff has blonde hair, with his fringe parted to the side and is wearing a white shirt and black blazer. He is looking straight into the camera and smiling.Credit: Barry Batchelor/Press Association)

Presenter: James Reynolds
蘑菇短视频 producers: Ryan Keane, Lindsay Brown and Isabella Bull
Boffin Media producer: Richard Hollingham
Editors: Arja Haikonen and Harriet Oliver
A Boffin Media production in partnership with the 蘑菇短视频 World Service Outside Source team