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Authorities issued a regional red alert across Chile’s Santiago Metropolitan Region after severe weather brought flooding, landslides and strong winds. Schools suspended classes as emergency services responded to damage across the region.
The Chilean Meteorological Directorate warned of possible thunderstorms, hail and strong local wind gusts across the coastal range, valley, foothills and mountains. It also confirmed that an EF0 tornado, with winds of 105 to 137 kilometres per hour, damaged roofs at the Alameda bus terminal in Estación Central.
The National Disaster Prevention and Response Service mobilised emergency resources. Its regional directorate reported structural damage to 15 homes. In Ñuñoa, basement flooding affected four residential complexes and disrupted community drinking water supplies; in Recoleta, a landslide in Santiago Metropolitan Park sent mud into two homes.
The Ministry of Education said 115 educational centres suspended classes on Wednesday, while 124 facilities reported structural damage across 20 municipalities. Authorities in Santiago Centro, Providencia, Ñuñoa and Las Condes also confirmed widespread school closures after heavy rain and hail.
By 11 p.m. local time on Tuesday (0200 GMT Wednesday), 36,000 customers nationwide had lost electricity, the Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels said. About 23,000 of the outages were in the capital region.
In the southern Biobío Region, ground fractures in Arauco prompted the preventive relocation of 13 families from Villa El Mirador. Shifting terrain there threatens more than 300 homes. Emergency services said no injuries or fatalities had been reported in the affected areas.
