Post Flood Disaster, Chile, 2014.

by Ben Depla (United Kingdom)

United Kingdom

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Devastation ensues after flooding in the Atacama desert - the worst in over 100 years.
Devastation ensues after flooding in the Atacama desert - the worst in over 100 years.
Aid workers try and save properties; or whatever's left of them.
Aid workers try and save properties; or whatever's left of them.
A bus to better lands - resident waiting for transport out of there, a Chilean flag waving symbolically in the air.
A bus to better lands - resident waiting for transport out of there, a Chilean flag waving symbolically in the air.
Flood water higher up the mountain blocks off a road. The turquoise waters quite a contrast to the rivers of mud that wiped out the towns below.
Flood water higher up the mountain blocks off a road. The turquoise waters quite a contrast to the rivers of mud that wiped out the towns below.
Looking down on the town before a sunset camp. Can't tell the destruction from up here.
Looking down on the town before a sunset camp. Can't tell the destruction from up here.