A new frontal system leaves intense rains in the south-central area of the country, generating evacuations, power outages and landslides.
The National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) activated a third SAE Alert of the day around 10:00 p.m. requesting the immediate evacuation of the Millahue sectors, in the commune of San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, O’Higgins region.
The entity indicated that there is a imminent danger of overflowing the Idahue Damso this measure seeks to protect the safety of residents in the face of the critical situation.
“During evacuation, don’t forget to consider your pet and its needs,” highlighted a post on X, underlining the importance of also caring for animals during the evacuation process.
During the last hours, three SAE messages have been sent to support the evacuations: at 16:10 and 21:34 for Millahue, and at 16:49 for the Cordón Cerro Coltauco sector, in the commune of Coltauco.
Frontal system in MRI
The frontal system began to intensify in the Metropolitan Region on Tuesday afternoon, and adverse weather conditions are expected to persist until early Wednesday morning. As a result of the rain, power outages were reported in some areas of various communes of Santiago, which has led the emergency crews of the electrical companies Enel and CGE to deploy to address the damage.
The Superintendency of Electricity and Fuel (SEC) allows you to know live which are the communes and the number of customers without service throughout the country due to the rains.
According to minute-by-minute updated information on its website, the communes of the Metropolitan Region affected are Colina; Maipú; San Ramon; San José de Maipo; Renca; Maipo Island; High Bridge; Peñaflor; Recoleta; The mountain; Paine; Saint Bernard; Talagante; Alhué; Ñuñoa; Macul; Vitacura; Saint Peter; The Prado; Peñalolen; Buin; The Counts; Curacavi; Father Hurtado; Tango Calera; Providence; Lo Barnechea; Cerrillos; San Miguel; Maria Pinto; Pirque; Pudahuel; Melipilla; Quilicura; Lampa and La Pintana.
In view of the complications that the electricity supply has presented, Enel and CGE have reported through their respective X accounts that They are working to restore service as soon as possible. “We are deploying all our crews to address supply interruptions and restore service to our customers,” Enel said in one of his publications.
For its part, CGE reported: “Our brigades are working tirelessly to resolve the damage in the areas impacted by the frontal system. We appreciate the understanding and patience of our customers.”
DMC Notices
The Chile’s Meteorological Directorate issued warnings for normal to moderate snowfall in at least nine regions of the country.
The first notification includes the mountain areas of Valparaíso, Metropolitan Region, O’Higgins, Maule, Ñuble and Bío Bío, where snow is expected to fall from the early hours of Thursday, June 20 until the morning of Saturday, the 22nd.
In La Araucanía, Los Ríos and Los Lagos, snowfall is expected in the mountain range from the morning of Thursday, June 20 to the early morning of Friday the 21st. Additionally, MeteoChile issued a warning for probable snowfall in the subandean Patagonia of Los Lagos and Ayséna condition that could occur between the early hours of Tuesday, June 18 and the morning of Saturday the 22nd.
A meteorological warning translates into the forecast of phenomena with a moderate degree of severity and potentially risky. In addition to the rains and snowfalls, landslides have been reported in various locations.
Damage caused by the frontal system in the Valparaíso region
In the Valparaíso region, the Deportivo Playa Ancha was affected by a landslide on Germany Avenuewhere the landslides left only one runway open.
The situation is critical because the land continues to fall, por what has been requested to negotiate with the Municipality the closure of the road.
Likewise, on the Road to Rodelillo (Tierras Rojas), a tree collapse was recorded on the road. Operations, Technical Assistance and Emergency Personnel are working on several minor landslides in the regionincluding the wall of the Deportivo Playa Ancha and some fallen trees in the road on Route 68, on the way to La Planchada.
The weather situation forced an active response from authorities and emergency teams in the affected areas, with the aim of mitigating damage and guaranteeing the safety of residents.
