Parts of Chile 'turning to desert' in worst drought in 60 years

Chile has been hit by its worst drought in six decades, forcing officials to declare an agricultural emergency to prevent the collapse of farming.

The country's capital Santiago and its outskirts, as well as Coquimbo, Valparaiso and O'Higgins, are among the worst-hit areas.The emergency status, impacting almost half the country, will see relief measures fast-tracked for the agriculture industry, including drinking water and medicine for animals.Cattle are collapsing where they stand and reducing to skeletons in the baking heat, and boats have been left abandoned in dried-out marinas.

This year has been one of the driest years Chile has experienced in sixty years, according to agriculture minister Antonio Walker.

This is very sad. We pray that lives will be preserved.

Help, prey the native forests by forests of Pine and Eucalyptus, which are water predators, divert rivers and flood with dams, the miners destroyed rivers, etc., and nothing is done by a predatory and atrocious economic neoliberalism, which can be expected, nothing

Can’t be climate change 😂😂😂

This is very worrying, it will be ages before they recover. Tragic.

What caused it 60 years ago then?

I read revelation a while ago and I’m now wondering if we’re at reckoning day.

It’s not raining cuz CO2

That's what the climate does. It changes. Cyclically.....

In 60yrs and still have people saying climate change is a hoax.

This is what will happen if we do not take urgent action on pollution that affects our climate!

Chile has suffered with major droughts for hundreds of years

Trump are you listening about global warming

When is Saint Bob going to release a song

So there was a similar drought 60 years ago....? 🤔

Without sounding stupid, isn't there a way to transfer the water causing floods to areas in droughts?

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