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SOUTH-CENTRAL CHILE — A CATEGORY-4 ATMOSPHERIC RIVER PEAKS TODAY
On the board · September 23, 2026 →THE WATER
A category-4 atmospheric river runs from Tuesday afternoon to Thursday night across Maule, Nuble, Biobio, La Araucania, Los Rios and Los Lagos: 100 to 200 mm in the precordillera, a Wednesday peak of 60 to 100 mm, gusts 60 to 80 km/h, and a high freezing level that turns snowpack into runoff. No recorded totals or damage counts were published at compile time.
THE RECORD
2 turning points on record since Sep 22.
Sep 23building → peak
Sep 22appeared, building
WHO IT TOUCHES
Energy & utilitiesGrid crews staged for a Bay crossing, 45,000 Chiba households dark, and a Friday hurricane lead for Hawaii's island grid.
AgricultureRed rain onto south Odisha's kharif fields, a Chilean foothill deluge, and Nigeria's riverine flood window.
CONNECTED
Two flood problems, two arithmetics — New Mexico's is 2 to 4 inches on ground already sensitive from earlier rain.
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
searched 34 vetted voices and the open field — nothing said about this system cleared the screen.