translated from Spanish: Rain and hail caused flooding, power cuts and accidents in Santiago

a surprise thunderstorm, which was accompanied by a strong rain and hail, affect the Metropolitan Region during the afternoon of Monday , especially in sector centre and East of Santiago.lee also: Ray fell on a Palm tree and burned it in Nunoauna of the most serious situations that occurred for these precipitation – which are not extended for more than 30 minutes – was recorded in the sector of Providencia Avenue with Ricardo Lyon, when a tree fell on a car. Two people were trapped and they are being rescued by Bomberos.Otro fact linked to the downpour occurred in Metro Los Leones of the line 1 station. There, several passengers reported that the water had passed to the interior of the place. There were also turned off lights and flooding on some streets. In terms of basic services, the Enel company confirmed that there are blackouts in areas of Providence. According to them, the service would be spare by 60%. Additionally, the Mayor of Las Condes, Joaquín Lavín, reported power outages in parts of the golf course and Tobalaba.meteorologia had warned this afternoon that storms would be registered from the regions of Valparaiso to Los Lagos. Anyway, this rain of November shocked the capital.

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