Geography ❯ South America

Chile

Santiago Natural Disasters Argentina Atacama Desert Andes Mountains Patagonia Magallanes Region Regions Mendoza Mining

Severe Storms, Hail and an EF0 Tornado Batter Santiago

The government mobilized emergency resources to protect residents as landslide risk persists in saturated precordillera communes.

Supervisors Walk Off at Escondida, World's Largest Copper Mine

Copernicus Says El Niño Hit Record Temperatures as World Oceans Warm

Chile Declares Disaster After Mudslide and Flash Floods Wash Through Las Condes

IOC Opens Formal Selection Process for 2036 Olympics, Names Seven Interested Parties

Chile Launches Multi‑Decade Military Build‑Up in Magallanes

Escondida Unions Reject BHP Request to Pause Talks After Worker’s Death

Volunteer For‑Stay Openings Spread Across Patagonia and Nearby Argentine Regions

Fire at Unlicensed Elderly Home in Pitrufquén Kills 16

Fire at Villa Comuy Nursing Home Kills at Least 16

Aluviones Devastate Northern Chile and Tocopilla Enters State of Catastrophe

PDI Arrests Long‑Term Fugitive Rosamel Fierro in La Araucanía

Argentine Surfer Dies After Losing Consciousness at Rocky Break in Rapa Nui

Second Storm in Weeks Kills Two in Southern Chile and Triggers Mass Evacuations

Ancient Genomes Show Europeans Brought Smallpox to the Americas

Chile Declares Preventive National Hantavirus Alert for 13 Regions

Chile Seeks Repayment After Three Are Rescued From Cajón del Maipo

Three Rescued After Week Trapped in Cajón del Maipo, Case Turns Into Public Scandal

El Niño Storms Flood Northern and Central Chile, Leave Dozens Dead and 100,000 Cut Off

Portillo Buried by More Than Four Meters of Snow as Resort and Border Pass Remain Closed