[Video] Heavy rain, hail, and tornado ‘all at once’… Chile suffers from bad weather

(Seoul = Yonhap News) On the 13th (local time), a storm accompanied by hail hit Santiago, the capital of Chile, where spring is in full swing.

The city center was paralyzed, with water bombs raining down on subway stations and chunks of ice floating on flooded roads.

The west side of downtown Santiago was struck by tornado-like strong winds, destroying buildings and dozens of trees, including the roof of a bus terminal being torn off.

In Santiago, which usually receives little rain, 108 mm fell this month, more than a third of the average annual rainfall.

The Chilean Meteorological Administration determined that the El Niño phenomenon, which raises the sea surface temperature in the Pacific Ocean, brought unusually heavy spring rain.

For more details, please watch the video.

Produced by: Lim Dong-geun and Shin Tae-hee

Video: Reuters·AFP·X @INF0SCHILE