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  • Oct 7

    Las Condes flash flood: six injured, 600 homes evacuated, catastrophe zone declared

    Heavy rain linked to El Niño sent a flash flood through Santiago's Las Condes on Thursday, and officials reported 2,285 homes with minor damage by Friday morning.

  • Jul 21

    Chile declares state of catastrophe after storm kills 10 and isolates 100,000 in northern region

    A month's worth of rain fell in a single hour across the Coquimbo and Atacama regions, triggering floods that have killed at least 10 people, left 4 missing, and destroyed or damaged roughly 2,200 homes.

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Today’s Brief

Gaza’s kitchens cut back

Russian strikes cut power to 550,000 Ukrainian homes

Russian overnight strikes damaged more than 10 energy facilities across Ukraine, leaving at least 550,000 households without electricity. Kyiv said Russia fired 16 ballistic missiles at the capital and used more than 200 drones.

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World · Updated 2h ago

The US under Trump: second term

Trump defended the sanctions waiver and questioned Zelenskyy's role, while DHS extended TPS for Ukrainians; no new formal policy shift.

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