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Three people dead in floods in Chile

Mon 27 Feb 2017, 10:59:44
In Santiago, at least three people have been killed and several were missing as floods caused by Andean rainfall are causing havoc in central and northern Chile. Emergency officials in the South American country said waters rushing down from the Andes since Saturday afternoon had caused landslides, cutting roads and isolating thousands of people. 
Falling rocks and other debris overwhelmed



the intakes for urban water systems, cutting service to about 1.2 million homes in the area around Santiago.National emergency Office Director Ricardo Toro said a youth died in a car that was swept away by floodwaters near Termas del Flaco in central Chile and officials in the capital region said two bodies had been recovered from a river near Santiago. Five other people were listed as missing.

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