An unusual snowfall hit the Atacama desert, near Copiapo, Chile, Sunday. This has been the wettest winter in decades for Chile’s arid northern desert, where fractions of an inch of rain have done major damage in some areas and set the stage for spectacular floral displays in the weeks to come. July came and went with major storms that together dumped more than five times the annual average of... 

We’re alive! TV images of Chilean miners 18 DAYS after being trapped… but it could be Christmas before they are rescued * Miners’ message from 2,300ft below: ‘All 33 of us are fine in the shelter’ * It will take months to get them out, say experts * Men are in a mine shaft shelter the size of a small apartment A team of 33 miners trapped underground have been told...