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Santiago municipality loses appeal after no lawyer appears for oral arguments
The municipality must pay nearly $16 million to a former Communist employee whose contract for 2025 was revoked by Mario Desbordes's administration.
Estatua de Polimnia robada del cerro Santa Lucía se exhibe en el Palacio ConsistorialIn Spanish
La escultura francesa del siglo XIX, hallada por la PDI en Mostazal en 2018, hoy está en el acceso al Salón de Honor de la Municipalidad de Santiago.In Spanish
Hail causes roofs to collapse in Santiago and leaves serious damage at the Municipal Theatre
The municipality was seeking vehicles to evacuate older adults from two care homes whose roofs collapsed after Tuesday's storm in the capital.
Santiago sets up four emergency stations ahead of weather front on Tuesday 20
The municipality will deploy pumps, generators and sandbags ahead of rainfall of up to 25 millimeters, thunderstorms and possible hail.
Frontal system leaves 36 thousand customers without power and triggers yellow alert in Maule
Senapred, Chile's national disaster prevention and response service, reported activated ravines in Vicuña, an evacuated SAMU (emergency medical service) base in Rancagua and 23 thousand customers without electricity in the Región Metropolitana (Santiago Metropolitan Region).
Storm in Santiago leaves schools in four municipalities without classes this Wednesday
Tuesday's rain and hail damaged schools in Providencia, Ñuñoa, Las Condes and Santiago Centro, which will spend the day on repairs.

Partial collapse of historic house in Santiago forces 60 people to evacuate
Mayor Mario Desbordes attributes the roof collapse to Tuesday's hail, and the Housing and Urban Development Service will assess whether the building on Ejército Street should be demolished.
Hailstorm in Santiago floods underpasses and leaves 36 thousand households without power
Transporte Informa suspended traffic through underpasses in Ñuñoa and Santiago and warned of traffic lights out at several locations across the region.
Classes suspended on Tuesday, October 20 in 10 municipalities in the Metropolitan Region
Claudio Alvarado, minister of both portfolios, announced the measure for municipalities still under Red Alert, including Puente Alto, La Florida and Las Condes.

Debris flow in San Carlos de Apoquindo reopens debate over development in ravines
An El Mostrador report compares images from 1993 and 2026 showing how Santiago expanded toward ravines in the city's eastern sector.

Puerto Montt launches Monte Verde Week and a stamp marking 50 years since the discovery
Correos de Chile issued more than 60 thousand stamps dedicated to the 14,500-year-old settlement, with events planned at the MUPA museum and a guided tour of the site.