The European Commission has today announced new funding of €14.3 million to support countries affected by natural disasters and invest in disaster risk reduction and resilience in Latin America and…
Disaster management authorities in Chile say that flooding in the regions of Atacama, and Coquimbo since Friday 12 May has left 2 people dead and forced almost 3,000 to evacuate…
At least 3 people have died and 19 others are missing after heavy rains struck in central and northern Chile over the weekend. The heavy rains, unusual for this time…
Countries bordering on the Pacific Ocean are testing their capacity to handle a major tsunami in an exercise from 15 to 17 February, held to identify possible shortcomings in the…
A new UN report says climate change’s impacts on rainfall will have harsh economic consequences for regions such as Latin America and the Caribbean, reports Jan Rocha for Climate News…
In 1996, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) launched a comprehensive agenda for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) throughout the Latin America and the…
Days of heavy rain in Chile has caused widespread flooding and landslides and left at least 2 people dead and 10 missing. Wide areas of the nation’s capital, Santiago, are…
Heavy rain in southern Chile are threatening to cause floods in several regions, including Araucanía, Los Ríos, Los Lagos and Aysén. Heavy rainfall brought by a frontal system stretching across…
Chile is now facing around $1.5 billion in construction costs and economic reactivation in the flood-hit north of the country. But based on preliminary analysis, Fitch Ratings believes that insurance…
The regions on Atacama, Antofagasta and Coquimbo in northern Chile were hit by severe floods on 26 March 2015 after a period of relatively heavy rainfall. Chile Floods – Facts…
A delegation from Chile’s Ministry if Agriculture (MINAGRI), headed by Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Furche, visited the flood affected areas of Atacama earlier this week in order to assess the…
The latest report from the government in Chile says that the death toll of the floods that struck northern Chile on 26 March 2015, has now risen to 24. Police…
What is being described as an environmental catastrophe is hitting Chile as torrential rains batter the north while the south suffers prolonged drought and wildfires. By Kieran Cooke, Climate News…
Heavy rainfall on 24 and 25 March 2015 left the normally dry regions of Antofagasta, Atacama and Coquimbo in Chile suffering some of the worst floods in their history. Initial…
The latest statement from the disaster management agency in Chile says that at least 6 people have now been reported killed in the floods that struck in northern Chile from…
Floods in northern Chile have killed at least 2 people, with a further 24 still missing. Torrential rain and overflowing rivers have caused widespread flooding in the normally dry regions…
