SANTIAGO (Reuters) -A Chilean environmental court partially reversed a permit allowing Google to build a data center in the country on Tuesday, asking the U.S. company to revise its application to take into account the effects of climate change. Google first received initial authorization for its announced $200 million Cerrillos Data Center in Santiago in […]
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will join finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies for meetings in Sao Paolo, Brazil next week, and then travel on to Santiago, Chile for bilateral engagements, the Treasury said on Wednesday. The G20 meetings come days after the second anniversary of […]
More than 300 people are still missing as wildfires that ravaged central Chile for several days and killed 123 people appear to be burning themselves out. Authorities were assessing the damage after the fires in Valparaiso, said to be Chile’s deadliest disaster since an earthquake in 2010. Officials have suggested that some could have been […]
Camila Lange, who is 7-months-pregnant, on Monday sat with her husband and dog in what used to be their home in Vina del Mar, Chile. Hundreds of homes in the central coastal area of the South American nation have been destroyed in fires that have killed at least 112 people. Weather and climate extremes — […]
Firefighters on Sunday fought massive forest fires that broke out in central Chile two days earlier, as officials extended curfews in cities most heavily affected by the blazes and said at least 112 people were killed. The fires have been burning with the highest intensity around the city of Vina del Mar, where a famous […]
STORY: Wildfires sweeping through central Chile have killed scores of people and hundreds are still missing in what’s become the country’s worst national disaster in over a decade. Wildfires that began several days ago are menacing the outer edges of Vina del Mar and Valparaiso. The two coastal cities are popular with tourists and combined […]
Firefighters on Sunday fought massive forest fires that broke out in central Chile two days earlier, as officials extended curfews in cities most heavily affected by the blazes and said at least 99 people were killed. The fires have been burning with the highest intensity around the city of Vina del Mar, where a famous […]
Firefighters on Sunday fought massive forest fires that broke out in central Chile two days earlier, as officials extended curfews in cities most heavily affected by the blazes and said at least 64 people were killed. The fires have been burning with the highest intensity around the city of Vina del Mar, where a famous […]
At least 46 people have been killed by forest fires raging in Chile, President Gabriel Boric said Saturday evening, adding that the number of victims will likely rise. In a press conference Saturday, Interior Minister Carolina Tohá said there are 92 active fires burning that have affected more than 43,000 hectares. Tohá added that more […]
Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have caused at least 46 deaths, the country’s president said. In a nationally televised address, President Gabriel Boric warned that the death toll could worsen as four large fires burn in the region of Valparaiso, where firefighters have struggled to reach the most […]
(Reuters) – At least 19 people were killed by forest fires in the coastal tourist city of Vina del Mar and the death toll could rise in the coming hours as rescue teams reach more affected areas, Interior Minister Carolina Toha said on Saturday. Black smoke billowed into the sky over many parts of the […]
Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have left at least 19 people dead and destroyed about 1,100 homes, officials said. Chile’s interior minister Carolina Toha said there were currently 92 forest fires burning in the centre and south of the country, where temperatures have been unusually high this week. […]