June 21 2024 – 13:26 hrs.
What happened?
In the Metropolitan Region, intense rains have been recorded that have already left streets flooded and houses flooded. However, the weather forecast indicates that this scenario it’s still far from over.
Meganoticias meteorologist Jaime Leyton stated before noon that “we are not in the worst moment of the storm. “We are just seeing the first quarter of the storm.”
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When the rainfall in Santiago had been going on for a little more than five hours, there was already more than 30 millimeters of rain falling, “with an average intensity that is truly amazing“Leyton said.
“We have been talking all morning about the qualification of this event and it is intense. But some sectors show higher intensities: 5.65 millimeters per hour“said the expert.
Until when will it rain intensely in Santiago?
The meteorologist maintained that “if one maintains that precipitation between now and five in the afternoon, it means that one has six more hours. Therefore, at five in the afternoon we could perfectly have in Santiago 60 millimetersand there are seven more hours of the day in which the rate will be four millimeters.
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“That means adding 28 more millimeters to those 60. So we will surpass the previous event of 68.4 millimeters,” he stated.
“For the rest of the day, I hope to limit activities, because everywhere you look the precipitation is intense and It will remain like this in Santiago until five in the afternoon“he added.
Power outages in some communes of Santiago
This Friday a frontal system arrived in the Metropolitan Region, which has left intense rains, a phenomenon that is usually accompanied in Santiago with power outages.
In sectors of some communes there have already been power outages, so emergency crews from the electricity companies Enel and CGE are deployed to address these effects.
To know the communes of Santiago that have sectors without electricity supply, go here.
Warning for possible tornadoes in five regions
The Meteorological Directorate of Chile issued a warning for “probable development of convective clouds with tornadic characteristics” in five regions of the central-southern zone.
Specifically, the measure applies to the regions of Ñuble, Biobío, La Araucanía, Los Ríos and Los Lagos.
The notice has been in force since last Thursday night and will govern until this Friday night.
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