Mapocho River

Last week, over two inches of rain fell in just a single day.

Santiago's usually sedate Mapocho River has turned into a roaring torrent, sweeping away cars and flooding homes.

Amid the chaos, one rescue riveted the public and created an unlikely hero.

Jane Chambers has our story.

The journalists on Chile's local news station, Teletrece, are describing the heavy rain and just how strange it is for this time of year.

On Tuesday, the 6th of October, one thing, or should I say animal, catches their attention, Morocho's a street dog who got swept up in the fast-flowing Mapocho River.

He's your typical Chilean Quiltro, as stray dogs are known here.

A shaggy, brown and black-haired friendly looking mutt.