A woman is the first deadly victim of seaweed in Chile

A 62-year-old woman became the first fatal victim of the storm that rocked the Port of Talcahuano, located 500 km south of Santiago, capital of Chile, which killed at least eight people and caused serious damage to property. reported today. authorities.

The natural phenomenon also affected the localities of Concepción and Hualpén located in the southern region of Bío Bío.

The mayor of Talcahuano, Henry Campos, and the carabinier spokesmen, explained that the victim was living in the Las Higueras sector and that he had been crushed by a container dragged by the violent wind that had reached 150 km at the time and who had uprooted roofs and trees Ansa said.

President Sebastián Piñera went yesterday to Concepcion, capital of Bío Bío, to lead a meeting of the operational committee of the national emergency office, and told the press that he did not exclude the declaration of the area of ​​constitutional exception in case of disaster, with in order to prevent looting, reported Efe.

The state of disaster or constitutional exception allows the direct participation of the armed forces to ensure control of public order.

"We estimate that we will have about 360 houses with different types of damage to Talcahuano and Concepción.We have also damaged homes in Los Angeles and others in the Ñuble area (adjacent to Bío Bío)," said President.

The seaweed, unusual phenomenon in the country, was generated around 14:00 local time, with winds up to a speed of 150 km / h and a hail.

Last Thursday, a tornado hit the city of Los Angeles, also in southern Chile, a climatic phenomenon that usually does not exist in the country and has caused serious structural damage, as well as 16 people injured, three seriously.

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The tornado, which occurred around 6 pm local time, caused several injuries and also caused power cuts, blasting roofs, falling public lighting poles, rotating small vehicles and trucks and the explosion of several electrical transformers.

That is to say, in less than 24 hours, southern Chilean was hit by a tornado and a marine bomb.

A tonado is a column of air that rotates and moves very rapidly and that extends from the ground to the base of a cloud, while a marine bomb is a tornado on a plane. of water that can also touch the ground. as in Chile.

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