At least six killed by floods in Chile | Chronic

At least six people have died in northern Chile following heavy rains in recent days, which caused flooding in watercourses and landslides.

Thousands of people are also deprived of electricity in the city of Arica and in the town of Alto Hospicio, which has been cut off by landslides that have affected the area, according to the Chilean newspaper . The nation.

At the same time, the northern region of Iquique was evacuated by order of the Ministry of the Interior.

The Chilean President, Sebastián Piñera, visited the region this Saturday and badured that "Several emergency measures have already been launched."

Torrential rains have hit the north of the country since last Thursday, while in the south of the country, emergency services are battling several outbreaks of forest fires.