SOUTH-CENTRAL CHILE — RED ALERTS WIDEN AS A SECOND ATMOSPHERIC RIVER NEARS

Red alerts now cover Valdivia and Futrono, Arauco and Cautín, after the first storm left 161 homes affected in Los Ríos and about 30 families cut off in Lanco. A second frontal system with a category-3 atmospheric river is forecast from Coquimbo to Los Lagos, with more than 40 mm of rain and gusts near 80 km/h. (Handled with care.)

5 turning points on record since Sep 22.

Rain on ground already full — south-central Chile's second atmospheric river falls on rivers the first one filled, and Sri Lanka's red landslide warnings sit on slopes that took more than 300 mm in 72 hours.

One weather communicator described heavy rain from an atmospheric river bringing flooding and red alerts to south-central Chile. The report underscores how the incoming system is already producing widespread effects on the ground. Forecasters have been tracking the approach of a follow-on atmospheric river that is expected to expand the areas under alert.

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