A large-scale power outage swept across Chile on Tuesday, disrupting metro services, traffic, and hospital operations.
The National Electrical Coordinator reported that the blackout began at 15:16 local time due to a failure in the country's power transmission system, cutting electricity from the northern city of Arica to the southern Los Lagos region.
Santiago Metro announced on social media that it had suspended train services and evacuated passengers following the widespread outage affecting the capital and other regions.
The disruption also impacted traffic and hospitals, with traffic lights out in multiple cities, causing road chaos, while hospitals relied on backup generators to operate.
Chile's Interior Minister, Carolina Toha, said at a press conference that the Disaster Risk Management Committee is holding an emergency meeting to assess the scope of the blackout, pledging to work until service is restored.
Major power outage hits Chile, disrupts transport, hospitals
Major power outage hits Chile, disrupts transport, hospitals
South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region remains under a Level IV rainstorm alert as heavy downpours and severe convective weather continue to batter multiple areas after intense rainfall hit the region on Monday.
The severe weather has triggered serious urban flooding in several cities, trapping residents and prompting emergency rescue operations by armed police and firefighters.
The Guangxi Meteorological Observatory forecasts that during daytime on Tuesday, cities including Guilin, Liuzhou, Hezhou, Laibin, Guigang, and Wuzhou, as well as central and southern parts of Hechi and Baise, and northern Nanning, will see heavy to torrential rain, with localized downpours accompanied by short-duration thunderstorms and strong winds.
On Tuesday night, cities including Wuzhou, Guigang, Nanning, Chongzuo, Yulin, Beihai, Qinzhou, and Fangchenggang will experience heavy to torrential rain, with localized downpours accompanied by short-duration thunderstorms and strong winds.
Qinzhou City in southern Guangxi has been hit by heavy rainfall, with severe waterlogging on multiple road sections trapping residents since Monday.
The Qinzhou Detachment of the Guangxi Armed Police Corps dispatched officers driving inflatable boats to search for and relocate the stranded residents. So far, more than 800 people have been evacuated.
Sudden heavy rain also struck Fangchenggang City in Guangxi on Monday.
In Baisha Village of the Gangkou District, severe waterlogging left multiple residents trapped. Local firefighters rushed to the scene upon receiving the emergency call to assist with evacuations.
Upon arrival, the firefighters found that rising river levels caused by rainfall had led to severe flooding in some areas, with water depths reaching nearly 1.5 meters and multiple homes submerged.
The firefighters, carrying life jackets and other equipment, used inflatable boats to evacuate residents.
After more than an hour of rescue efforts, all 22 trapped individuals were safely evacuated. No casualties were reported.
Severe storms trigger flooding, emergency rescues in south China
