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Disaster● LowSep 23 · Sep 23, 2026, 5:03 AM

El Niño transforms Chile's Atacama Desert as thousands of hectares bloom

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from EuroNews [en] · South America

Exceptionally heavy El Niño rains have awakened millions of seeds lying dormant underground, blanketing vast swathes of one of the planet's driest regions with flowers.

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