Climate Changed
World's Driest Desert Floods as Extreme Weather Hits Chile
- Six die in Chile after Andes storms flood the Atacama desert
- Disaster is latest in pattern of increasingly extreme weather
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The world’s driest desert is flooding and some of the planet’s wettest woodlands are burning. Welcome to summer in Chile.
Rains high up in the Andes mountains have led to torrents of water pouring into the Atacama desert below, sweeping away houses and roads. Meanwhile in the south, blistering temperatures have fueled forest fires, leading the government to declare some regions a disaster area.