Traiguén, Chile - February 13, 2025 The fires in southern Chile continue and so does the government's plan to stop them. The National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred ...

More than a million acres of land have been ravaged by dozens of forest fires in the central-south regions of Chile. Fires started mid-January 2017 and have been described as some of the worst the ...

The last major fires to affect Chile were recorded in the summer of 2017 when the flames swept through entire villages, causing 11 deaths and more than 580 thousand hectares affected.

It said the quake did “not meet the conditions necessary to generate a tsunami" along the coast. Chile is located in the so-called “Ring of Fire” — the region running from Chile to Alaska where ...

Weather and climate extremes - wildfire, drought and flooding – are taking a toll around the world. Here’s some of what’s happening now. In Chile, firefighters are battling huge forest fires ...