Police in central Chile have airlifted several residents to safety after rising floodwaters left them trapped in their homes. Recent torrential rains caused the Mapocho river to burst its banks, flooding large parts of the city of Talagante, 35km (22 miles) south-west of the capital, Santiago. Santiago has seen 74mm of rainfall in the first seven days of this month, making it the rainiest October for the area in 76 years, meteorologists have said. They have warned that this year's unusually strong El Niño climate phenomenon will likely continue to bring unusually wet weather, powerful winds and storms to the region during the southern hemisphere's spring.
Wir zeigen den wichtigsten Punkt oeffentlich. Erstellen Sie ein kostenloses Konto, um den vollstaendigen Artikel zu lesen, ihn zu speichern, zu diskutieren und mit Markt- und OSINT-Kontext zu verbinden.