In the context of the frontal system, Vice President Carolina Tohá confirmed the decision to declare a disaster zone from the Coquimbo region to Ñuble.

According to the authorities, as of Thursday morning there were 4,300 people affected and 2,300 homes damaged, with Curanilahue being the most affected commune.

In addition, one person died in Linares, following a tree fell on a pole, which hit the tractor he was driving.

According to the authority, this measure will allow for “facilitating even more all administrative processes for making purchases, hiring, having certain types of instructions and being able to face what awaits us during the course of the day.”

“The report we can make so far is that we currently have 4,300 people affected and 2,300 homes affected. Of that number, 3,000 people in Curanilahue are affected, and 1,000 homes have been affected in that commune, in other words, the damage is very concentrated in the commune of Curanilahue, in the Bío Bío region,” he told Bio Bio Chile.