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Las Condes mayor questions return to classes while red alert remains in effect
Catalina San Martín accused the Ministry of Education of a lack of coordination, although municipal schools in Las Condes will still open this Wednesday.
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.
Government reports minor damage from frontal system and keeps emergency in place
Dual-portfolio ministers Alvarado and de Grange credited preventive works for the storm's limited impact, though critical areas are still being monitored.
Santiago firefighters mobilize at stations from 18:00 ahead of new weather front
The institution divided ravines in Las Condes and Lo Barnechea affected by the October 8 surge into sectors and will deploy fire companies to those areas.
Government reports minor damage from frontal system as emergency continues
Senapred reports 111 people affected and ordered evacuations in Lo Barnechea, Puente Alto and Talagante, while classes resume this Wednesday.
Sofía Rengifo, former director of the National Sports Institute, takes over as national director of the Solidarity and Social Investment Fund
The former technical councilor for Las Condes joins the Solidarity and Social Investment Fund following a Senior Public Management selection process and pledges to support vulnerable families' finances.
Las Condes mayor calls for a single authority to manage ravines
Catalina San Martín said debris flows are a matter of state responsibility and that Chile must address them as it does earthquakes and tsunamis.
Mayor San Martín asks that Las Condes not be used to fight with the government
The mayor denied that the government had given her municipality preferential treatment and said the municipal administration has been working on its own since last week.
Proposal calls for a permanent Civil Defense unit in Las Condes
The government, municipality and Civil Defense announced a volunteer unit to respond to mudslides, fires and earthquakes following the October 8 emergency.
Providencia and La Reina have already spent nearly 90% of their emergency funds
Las Condes, hit by the mudslide in San Carlos de Apoquindo, still has two-thirds of its more than $2 billion in contingency funds.
San Bernardo mayor accuses central government of neglect after flooding
Christopher White called on the Ministry of Public Works to build stormwater drains and compared the state response in his municipality with the response Las Condes receives.
Government praises preparations for weather front and calls for alerts to remain in place
Undersecretary Máximo Pavez said there had been no serious emergencies but urged continued vigilance as the Metropolitan Region remains under a red alert.
UDP analysis: 23 of 29 disasters in Chile since 2014 were climate-related
A UDP academic reviewed disasters in Chile since 1960 following the mudslide that forced the evacuation of around a thousand people in Las Condes.
Catalina San Martín says the Chilean state is not prepared to face mudslides
The Las Condes mayor criticized Senapred over slow paperwork, called for stronger weather forecasting capacity and proposed redirecting MOP funds to mesh barriers.
Santiago espera el peak de lluvias entre las 20 y 21 horas con alerta roja vigenteIn Spanish
Puente Alto evacuó a 172 familias, cerca de 80 mil clientes quedaron sin luz y la DMC alertó por posibles nubes tornádicas en el sur este miércoles.In Spanish
Puente Alto evacuates 172 families as rain damages Avenida Concha y Toro toward Pirque
Governor Claudio Orrego urged people not to let their guard down: up to 15 millimeters of the 40 forecast had fallen, and the ravines remain the greatest risk.
La Florida mayor calls on the state to carry out mitigation works in Santa Sofía de Lo Cañas
Daniel Reyes warned that no municipality can fund debris flow protection works on its own and pointed to investments that have been pending for decades.
Territoria agrees to buy the former Sanatorio Marítimo in Viña del Mar
The real estate developer behind MUT plans a food market at the site of a stalled 21-story hotel project, subject to obtaining permits.