Authorities have placed 10 other Chilean districts on high alert as risks of potential mudslides and rain-related emergencies threaten to batter the region.
The Pacific hurricane season is shaping up as more severe than usual amid a Super El Niño, an extreme version of a recurring weather pattern that has brought historic droughts and flooding.
Exceptionally heavy El Niño rains have awakened millions of seeds lying dormant underground, carpeting vast swathes of one of the planet's driest places with flowers.
Exceptionally heavy El Niño rains have awakened millions of seeds lying dormant underground, blanketing vast swathes of one of the planet's driest regions with flowers.