'I thought my house would be blown away.' Chilean authorities aid families affected by tornado

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PUERTO VARAS, LOS LAGOS REGION, CHILE (MAY 26, 2026) (TVN - No use Chile / No use CNN / No use Chile websites)

1. (MUTE) VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOTS OF BUILDINGS AFFECTED BY TORNADO

2. (MUTE) DRONE SHOTS OF TREES WITH BRANCHES BROKEN BY TORNADO

3. VARIOUS OF FALLEN UTILITY POLES AND TREES, DEBRIS

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PUERTO VARAS RESIDENT AFFECTED BY TORNADO, ALEJANDRO DELGADO, SAYING:

“It only took some seconds. A wind gush came in like a wave in the sea, but it was a wind wave. It came through a large window and broke it. I thought it was going to blow my house away, but the house resisted.”

PUERTO VARAS, LOS LAGOS REGION, CHILE (MAY 25, 2026) (TVN - No use Chile / No use CNN / No use Chile websites)

5. (NIGHT SHOT) METAL SHEETS USED FOR ROOFS STUCK ON UTILITY POLE

6. (NIGHT SHOT) METAL SHEETS ON GROUND

7. TREE BRANCHES ON ROAD

8. PERSON CUTTING FALLEN TREE WITH SAW

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED PUERTO VARAS RESIDENT AFFECTED BY TORNADO SAYING:

“Suddenly everything broke in the second floor. The ceiling and everything fell.”

10. STREET WITH DEBRIS

11. LOCALS CLEANING DEBRIS

12. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED PUERTO VARAS RESIDENT AFFECTED BY TORNADO SAYING:

“There was terrible wind, everything was destroyed. Doors flew off, glass shattered, the frames of my windows came off, and my roof. I don’t have a roof.”

13. (NIGHT SHOT). METAL SHEET HANGING ON ELECTRIC WIRES

14. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED PUERTO VARAS RESIDENT AFFECTED BY TORNADO SAYING:

“This is not important, these are material things can be replaced. Right now we are trying to recover artworks.”

15. (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF DESTROYED HOUSES

16. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATE FOR LOS LAGOS REGION, PAULINA MUNOZ, SAYING:

“We have a strategy with the gendarmerie and investigation police. The army’s ‘Sangra’ regiment has joined to help with humanitarian aid. This has allowed us to respond to this emergency, specially by clearing areas blocked with fallen trees and other objects.”

17. (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF CAR DESTROYED DURING TORNADO

18. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PUERTO VARAS MAYOR, TOMAS GARATE, SAYING:

(EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: FADE DURING SOUNDBITE COMES FROM SOURCE)

“We will start a massive municipal deployment with our workers at 08:00 AM (of May 26th) to reach all of the affected houses. (FADE) We have divided the city in seven areas, which are the most affected ones. We have also distributed groups of gendarmerie, public order officials and municipal security to cover the area and make sure the city is safe.”

19. (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF DEBRIS

PUERTO VARAS, LOS LAGOS REGION, CHILE (MAY 26, 2026) (TVN - No use Chile / No use CNN / No use Chile websites)

20. (MUTE) DRONE SHOT OF DEBRIS IN CITY