Chileans use a digger to removes mud from the banks of the Santa Marta canal near Santiago to prevent it from overflowing, as heavy rain in central and southern Chile has left at least one person dead and more than 4,000 homeless, according to authorities. Chile's weather service has issued a state of catastrophe -- the highest level of alarm -- covering some 14 million of the 20 million people living in five of the country's 16 regions. IMAGES