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Dirección Meteorológica de Chile

3 collected articles · Politics · the latest at 13:41

A 2019 study proposed eight C-band radars and two mobile units, but the plan stalled amid the social unrest and the pandemic, according to BioBioChile.

Chronology

Friday, October 9, 2026

  1. Government to seek ways to acquire weather radars after mudslide in Las CondesAlcaldesa (mayor) Catalina San Martín requested funding for radars and settling basins, while Fiscalía Oriente (the eastern district prosecutor’s office) investigates the emergency.

Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Chile has no weather radar network, and the government is exploring how to acquire oneA 2019 study proposed eight C-band radars and two mobile units, but the plan stalled amid the social unrest and the pandemic, according to BioBioChile.
  2. Debris flow in Las Condes revives debate over weather radars pending since 2019The network of between eight and 12 Doppler radars for the DMC remains unfunded, and experts warn that issuing alerts does not replace mitigation.

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