Rare Tornado Damages Buildings in Southern Chile
- A rare tornado struck Puerto Varas in southern Chile on Sunday around 3:30 p.m., causing significant damage in the city and surrounding areas.
- The tornado occurred amid atmospheric conditions uncommon for Chile due to the Andes and coastal topography, which typically limit such storms.
- Officials reported that the tornado traced a south-easterly path with wind speeds ranging from 138 to 178 km/h, damaging about 30 homes, a supermarket, and downing power lines.
- According to Senapred, eight people were injured, about 10,000 residents lost power, and footage showed destroyed roofs, overturned vehicles, and scattered debris.
- Chile's Meteorological Agency rated the tornado EF-1, emphasizing the moderate damage and rarity of such events, which pose serious risks to life in affected zones.
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About 21,000 people were left without electricity because of the fall of trees and posts A unusual turnover affected the city of Puerto Varas on Sunday in southern Chile, a phenomenon that left eight injured and about 150 damaged residences reported to the authorities. The turn that reached Puerto Varas, located almost 1,000 km south of Santiago, was classified as a category EF-1, the second less intense on the Fujita scale.
By Christopher Ulloa and Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español A tornado that struck the southern Chilean commune of Puerto Varas on Sunday left at least eight people injured and 109 homes damaged, the South American country's National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (Senapred) reported. The agency said in a report published on its website that two families are sheltered. It added that authorities are deployed on the ground assessing the …
By Christopher Ulloa and Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español A tornado that struck the southern Chilean commune of Puerto Varas on Sunday left at least eight people injured and 109 homes damaged, the South American country's National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (Senapred) reported. The agency said in a report published on its website that two families are sheltered. It added that authorities are deployed on the ground assessing the …
An unusual tornado hit the city on Sunday
The regional governor of Los Lagos, Alejandro Santana, confirmed that so far there are eight injured people and at least 30 homes damaged - a figure that was subsequently updated - as a result of the category 1 tornado that occurred in Puerto Varas during the afternoon of this Sunday. Therefore, from Senapred there was a red communal alert, while the Los Lagos Region continues with yellow alert. Around the empowerment of the municipal gymnasium …
'Rare' tornado with 111mph winds leaves thousands without power in Chile
Five people have been injured and 10,000 without power, and 30 residences destroyed due to tornado in Puerto Varas, Chile (Picture: CTTO) Five people have reportedly been injured after a tornado swept through southern Chile and destroyed several buildings. The tornado hit the city of Puerto Varas at around 3.30pm local time on Sunday, bringing wind speeds of 86 to 111 miles per hour, BNO News reported. So far it’s believed that the tornado made …
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