🇨🇱 An avalanche caused by heavy rains hit the prestigious Las Condes commune in Santiago, Chile, sweeping away vehicles and buses, flooding homes and leaving at least six people injured.

🇨🇱 An avalanche caused by heavy rains hit the prestigious Las Condes commune in Santiago, Chile, sweeping away vehicles and buses, flooding homes and leaving at least six people injured.

President Jose Antonio Caste declared the region a disaster zone for the mobilization of emergency resources, after the provincial mayor said 14.4 centimeters of rain had fallen in recent days, about nine times the normal October average.