After the flood
A child stands covered in mud on a street hit by floods in Los Loros. The death toll from heavy rains and flooding that battered Chile in late March reached more than two dozen, with more than 100 people missing.
The freak torrential downpours in the Atacama desert, normally the driest in the world, destroyed homes and bridges, cut off roads, and left thousands stranded as rivers broke their banks and flash floods surged through dry valleys.
A man walks inside a warehouse damaged by flooding.
Supplies for disaster victims are piled inside a church in San Antonio town.
An abandoned house stands in an area hit by the floods.
A room in a warehouse is filled with mud.
The floods left debris and widespread damage in their wake.
Locals help each other to cross a flooded river.
Wastewater from flood-damaged sewers inundates a vineyard.
Private and commercial vehicles are left marooned in thick mud.
A man removes water from his shoe as he sits on a tyre from a mining truck.
A child walks through a flooded area strewn with debris including furniture.
Children sit on the crossbar of a goalpost almost entirely swallowed by mud.
A child plays on monkey bars mired in mud as an armed soldier passes by.
A woman holds a religious figure covered in mud as she is evacuated from her house.
