Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Torrential rain over the weekend in Chile has prompted mudslides into the Maipo river

Rainstorms and landslides in Chile have contaminated a major river forcing the authorities to cut off drinking water to at least four million people in the capital, Santiago. The contamination prompted civic authorities to cut drinking water supply leaving thousands of families without water. The regional governor of Santiago, Claudio Orrego, said ” We are talking about 1.45 million homes that are going to be affected by the cutting off of the water supply, which will be total or partial in 30 districts.”

“We still do not know when the drinking water will be turned back on,”

“We cannot guarantee resumption of the service until the River Maipo clears up.”

They said the return of water services would depend on weather conditions and storms over the mountains causing heavy rain. The interior ministry said four people were known to have died and six were missing due to the rain.
Millions of residents in the Chilean capital Santiago are left without access to running water after the Maipo River is contaminated by flooding and landslides. At least four people have died in the floods.