"The world has been flooded." Officials discover disturbing scene in the middle of desert that points to major issue: 'Locals ...

Iquique is in a desert area and has the lowest rainfall in the world, lower than the Sahara Desert. But, as the local bishop Mgr Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto put it, it is "a desert full of life".

The summer of 2025 has been very warm to hot across much of the western U.S. Here in Coeur d’Alene, we’ve already had six days with high temperatures at or above the 90-degree mark. Our hottest day ...