BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted near coast of central Chile at 0236 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 90.3 km, wa...
Channel:ChileDate: 23/09/2024
SANTIAGO, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Seven people died when a small plane crashed in the southern Chilean region of Aysen on Friday, the Civil Aeronautics Directorate said.
Both the pilot and the six occupants in the plane were killed, an...
Channel:ChileDate: 12/08/2024
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Heavy rains lashed much of Chile on Thursday, damaging homes, flooding roads, knocking out power and causing mudslides that have swept through residential areas.
Storms have drenched the center and south Chi...
Channel:ChileDate: 17/06/2024
Chileans are bundling up with more clothes and clutching cups of hot coffee as the country faces the most intense cold snap in nearly 70 years, bringing winter weather in the middle of autumn.
“Since 1950, that is, in the last 74 ...
Channel:ChileDate: 16/05/2024
Source: University College London
Writer: Yasna Palmeiro Silva
Chile has experienced one of the worst fire-related disasters in its history. A series of huge forest fires burned from February 1 to 5, leaving at least 131 peop...
Channel:Expert ViewsDate: 20/03/2024
The National Disaster Prevention and Response Service declared the red alert in Valparaíso due to the fires in the upper part of the city, as a result of which more than 15 homes were destroyed.
The fire broke out last night and s...
Channel:ChileDate: 15/03/2024
At least 50 people were injured Monday by what officials described as a “strong movement” on a Chilean plane traveling from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand.
LATAM Airlines said in a statement that there was “a technical event du...
Channel:ChileDate: 12/03/2024
The number of people killed in the fires that burned more than 10,000 hectares in the Valparaiso region earlier this month rose to 134.
Channel:ChileDate: 25/02/2024
Chile has begun two days of national mourning for at least 123 victims of a raging wildfire, with the search continuing for the missing as survivors pick through the scorched remains of their lives.
The streets were strewn with cha...
Channel:ChileDate: 06/02/2024
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Firefighters wrestled Sunday with massive forest fires that broke out in central Chile two days earlier, as officials extended curfews in cities most heavily affected by the blazes and said at least 112 people h...
Channel:ChileDate: 05/02/2024