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The Chilean government has reported at least 24 fatalities from the February wildfire outbreak, [1] at least 11 of them in the town of Santa Juana in Biobío. Two of the other fatalities occurred when an emergency services helicopter crashed on 3 February, killing its pilot and a mechanic, and a third occurred when a firefighter was struck by a truck while working an incident.
The most expensive natural disaster is the 2011 TÅhoku earthquake and ... 2010 Chile earthquake: $15 – $30 [71] $21 – $41.9 ... 2024 Houston derecho: $1.2 [116 ...
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]
"The U.S. has sustained 403 weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including CPI adjustment to 2024). The total cost of these 403 ...
Raging wildfires in central Chile have killed at least 51 people with the blaze reaching a popular tourist city as ... adding that Chile was facing its worst disaster since a 2010 earthquake that ...
A total of 3,538 wildfires were recorded in the region up to 1 July, up 40% compared to 2020, the year with the most wildfires in the region. [ 12 ] In late August, wildfires caused by prolonged drought conditions and strong wind gusts impacted thirty cities in São Paulo state , either directly affecting them or burning near them.
This tragedy, along with the 1960 earthquakes, was one of the reasons for the formation of the National Office of Emergency of the Interior Ministry which oversees natural disasters and rescue efforts in Chile. Prior to the disaster, there had not been any formal organization to coordinate any rescue and recovery efforts, mainly because local ...
Weather events in Chile (8 P) Wildfires in Chile (10 P) Pages in category "Natural disasters in Chile" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.