Poor water pressure and dry hydrants posed major obstacles to fighting the February fire that killed scores of people along ...
For years, however, Chile has been suffering from such drought, which has dried up forests and depleted water supplies.
QUILPUÉ, Chile — Heading up the hill, on the way to the neighborhood, everything looked black. On one side of the road, the charred remains of houses and the skeletons of trees. Beyond, the ...
Several communities in the Valparaíso region were being evacuated. Fires along the coast killed more than 100 people last month. By Mike Ives The authorities were battling another round of ...
While no one factor causes a big fire to happen on its own, nonnative grasses have played a more important role in recent ...
Editor’s Note: Ariel Dorfman is a Chilean American writer whose works include the play, “Death and the Maiden” and the recently published novel, “The Suicide Museum.” He divides his ...
Forest fires in Chile are not an isolated phenomenon in Latin America. How much do human factors and state negligence play a ...
Chile's Foreign Ministry also said assistance was being coordinated with Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, the United States, and Mexico, while Boric's administration has declared a constitutional state ...
Amidst rapidly intensifying global climate disasters, Chile has become the latest casualty. Fueled by strong winds and a heat wave, recent forest fires have killed more than a hundred people.