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Deputy Interior Minister Manuel Monsalve reported on 4 February that there were 162 forest fires across central and southern Chile. [8] The region experienced unusually high temperatures, reaching up to 40 °C (104 °F) in the past week, [9] worsened by the El Niño phenomenon [10] and a "mega-drought" that has affected the country over the last decade. [11]
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The 2024 South American wildfires refer to a mega colossal series of wildfires that significantly impacted several neighboring South American countries, including Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Based on Global Wildfire Information System satellite imaging, about 346,112 wildfire hotspots damaged or destroyed 85,866,867 ...
Stylized photograph of a barricade on May 6, 2016 just north of Castro.. The red tide crisis in Chiloé, also known as "Chilote May" (Spanish: Mayo chilote), was a social, economic and environmental catastrophe that occurred in the Chiloé Archipelago, southern Chile, in the southern autumn of 2016, as a result of a severe algal bloom of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella — a ...
The Villa Santa Lucía mudflow was a natural disaster in Chaitén commune, southern Chile, that occurred on the morning of December 16, 2017, in the namesake locality, located in the commune of Chaitén, Los Lagos Region. The mudflow caused the death of 21 persons and the disappearance of one. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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It is the longest lasting drought experienced in Chile in over 700 to 1,000 years. [1] [2] The megadrought that begun in 2010 have contributed to make large swathes of Chile more prone to wildfire. [3] In Central Chile much natural vegetation have experienced reduced chlorophyll levels and vigor as result of the megadrought. [3]