The last monday, the government of Chile said that seventen people have died and twenty are still missing after torrential rains caused flooding in a northern desert town called Chañaral.
The intense rains last week swelled rivers and led to flash-flooding that also caused power outages and blocked roads. President Michelle Bachelet’s spokesman announced on Monday that the government will provide nearly six billion pesos to the flood-hit areas.
The precipitation in the northern city of Antofagasta was a stark example of abnormal rain in the Atacama desert, which is one of the driest on Earth. From Wednesday to Thursday morning, about 24mm fell in Antofagasta, an area that typically receives only about 1,7mm of rain in a year, according to Chilean meteorological service.
Communities in Chile’s northern desert regions have been digging houses and cars out of the mud and working to reopen roads. The military has been deployed and the government said it has sent 700 tonnes in aid, including food, mattresses and medicine.
But some people said that this is not enough, for example a Diaguita indigenous leader who has been helping those affected said that the people are overwhelmed and tempers are high because the help is insufficient. Others said that the military is assisting, but the people feel left behind because of the lack of help from others sectors.
Deputy interior minister Mahmud Aleuy has called the flooding “the worst rain disaster to fall on the north in 80 years”.
Some families had to wait on their roofs for rescue by helicopter. I know people, very good people who lived in Chañaral, they helped me and treated me very well when I visited Pan de Azucar national reserve and I couldn't have contact with them. I just hope that they are fine and can be recovered.
I have to say that the land regulation is very poorly made because the people aren't warned about the inminent danger of build in flood areas. The system doesn't take care about the safety of low-income people and this is not something that only happens in Chile, it happens in all the capitalist countries.
The intense rains last week swelled rivers and led to flash-flooding that also caused power outages and blocked roads. President Michelle Bachelet’s spokesman announced on Monday that the government will provide nearly six billion pesos to the flood-hit areas.
The precipitation in the northern city of Antofagasta was a stark example of abnormal rain in the Atacama desert, which is one of the driest on Earth. From Wednesday to Thursday morning, about 24mm fell in Antofagasta, an area that typically receives only about 1,7mm of rain in a year, according to Chilean meteorological service.
Communities in Chile’s northern desert regions have been digging houses and cars out of the mud and working to reopen roads. The military has been deployed and the government said it has sent 700 tonnes in aid, including food, mattresses and medicine.
But some people said that this is not enough, for example a Diaguita indigenous leader who has been helping those affected said that the people are overwhelmed and tempers are high because the help is insufficient. Others said that the military is assisting, but the people feel left behind because of the lack of help from others sectors.
Deputy interior minister Mahmud Aleuy has called the flooding “the worst rain disaster to fall on the north in 80 years”.
Some families had to wait on their roofs for rescue by helicopter. I know people, very good people who lived in Chañaral, they helped me and treated me very well when I visited Pan de Azucar national reserve and I couldn't have contact with them. I just hope that they are fine and can be recovered.
I have to say that the land regulation is very poorly made because the people aren't warned about the inminent danger of build in flood areas. The system doesn't take care about the safety of low-income people and this is not something that only happens in Chile, it happens in all the capitalist countries.
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