<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Peruvian Times &#187; Natural Disasters</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.peruviantimes.com/category/environment/natural-disasters/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:04:38 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Huancavelica Govt Declares Emergency Due To Heavy Rains</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/09/huancavelica-govt-declares-emergency-due-to-heavy-rains/14927/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peruviantimes.com/09/huancavelica-govt-declares-emergency-due-to-heavy-rains/14927/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Provinces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huancavelica]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.peruviantimes.com/?p=14927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A 60-day emergency was declared in Peru’s central-south Huancavelica region on Wednesday, due to the damages caused by intense rains and flooding, state news agency Andina reported. Huancavelica&#8217;s Regional President, Maciste Diaz, said that 8 million soles (almost $3 million) will be available to the region to deal with the damage. Diaz said that flooding [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.peruviantimes.com/09/huancavelica-govt-declares-emergency-due-to-heavy-rains/14927/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Peru Declares Emergency In Ica Following Quake</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/03/peru-declares-emergency-in-ica-following-quake/14859/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peruviantimes.com/03/peru-declares-emergency-in-ica-following-quake/14859/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ica earthquake 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ica emergency reconstruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PM Oscar Valdes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.peruviantimes.com/?p=14859</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peru’s government on Thursday declared an emergency in the country’s southern Ica region due to the extensive damage caused by an earthquake earlier in the week, according to daily El Comercio. Cabinet Chief Oscar Valdes said that the government will provide 2 million soles (approximately $750,000) for works in the area affected by the quake. Valdes [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.peruviantimes.com/03/peru-declares-emergency-in-ica-following-quake/14859/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Back from Europe, Humala Visits Quake-Hit Ica</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/01/back-from-europe-humala-visits-quake-hit-ica/14833/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peruviantimes.com/01/back-from-europe-humala-visits-quake-hit-ica/14833/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2007 quake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 quake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pisco]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.peruviantimes.com/?p=14833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Ollanta Humala, back from a trip to Europe, visited the city of Ica on Tuesday to inspect damage from a recent earthquake. Early Monday morning, Ica was hit by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake. The quake didn’t cause any major damage, but more than 100 people were injured, according to the government. In August 2007,, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.peruviantimes.com/01/back-from-europe-humala-visits-quake-hit-ica/14833/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Activities Return To Normal In Ica Following 6.3 Quake</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/31/activities-return-to-normal-in-ica-following-6-3-quake/14816/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peruviantimes.com/31/activities-return-to-normal-in-ica-following-6-3-quake/14816/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cub</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indeci]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.peruviantimes.com/?p=14816</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Activity returned to normal on Monday following a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that rattled Peru’s south coast Ica region, daily El Comercio reported. The earthquake occurred at 12:10 a.m. on Monday and its epicenter was 47 kilometers southwest of the city of Ica. Many of the residents spent the night in the street following the quake. The [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.peruviantimes.com/31/activities-return-to-normal-in-ica-following-6-3-quake/14816/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Over 34,000 Areas at Risk from Natural Events</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/14/over-34000-areas-at-risk-from-natural-events/13994/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peruviantimes.com/14/over-34000-areas-at-risk-from-natural-events/13994/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Provinces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[populated risk zones]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.peruviantimes.com/?p=13994</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 34,000 populated areas in Peru are located in areas of risk due to natural events, state news agency Andina reported. A report presented by lawmaker Marco Falconi said that disasters between 2003 and 2009 caused the deaths of 1,387 people; 4,050 injuries; and 800,762 people left without homes. Falconi, of ex-President Toledo&#8217;s Peru Posible party, said the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.peruviantimes.com/14/over-34000-areas-at-risk-from-natural-events/13994/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Congress Holds First Decentralized Session In Ica</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/09/congress-holds-first-decentralized-session-in-ica/13644/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peruviantimes.com/09/congress-holds-first-decentralized-session-in-ica/13644/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Provinces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2007 earthquake reconstruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unatec Chincha]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.peruviantimes.com/?p=13644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peruvian legislators on Thursday held the first decentralized session in the southern Ica region, where it approved the creation of a commission to investigate irregularities in Ica’s reconstruction work following the massive earthquake in August 2007. The motion was unanimously approved and gives the commission six months to investigate the issue, daily El Comercio reported. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.peruviantimes.com/09/congress-holds-first-decentralized-session-in-ica/13644/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Quake-hit Pisco to get priority in government housing program</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/26/quake-hit-pisco-to-get-priority-in-government-housing-program/13503/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peruviantimes.com/26/quake-hit-pisco-to-get-priority-in-government-housing-program/13503/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2007 earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pisco]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.peruviantimes.com/?p=13503</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peru’s Cabinet Chief Salomon Lerner Ghitis said Thursday that the southern city of Pisco, which was widely damaged by a massive 2007 earthquake, will receive preference in government housing programs. “The lower income population affected in this city and the others affected by the quake in 2007 will have preference in the state housing programs,” Lerner [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.peruviantimes.com/26/quake-hit-pisco-to-get-priority-in-government-housing-program/13503/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Peru&#8217;s central jungle</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/25/magnitude-7-0-earthquake-hits-perus-central-jungle/13491/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peruviantimes.com/25/magnitude-7-0-earthquake-hits-perus-central-jungle/13491/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pucallpa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.peruviantimes.com/?p=13491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Peru’s central jungle region on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was located near the jungle city of Pucallpa, located about 370 miles from Lima and close to Peru’s border with Brazil. The USGS said the quake’s depth was 145 kilometers, or about 90.2 miles, which limited the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.peruviantimes.com/25/magnitude-7-0-earthquake-hits-perus-central-jungle/13491/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Chincha official says 15% of province reconstructed since 2007 quake</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/05/chincha-official-says-15-of-province-reconstructed-since-2007-quake/13285/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peruviantimes.com/05/chincha-official-says-15-of-province-reconstructed-since-2007-quake/13285/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2007 Pisco earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.peruviantimes.com/?p=13285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An official from Peru’s Chincha province, 200 kms south of Lima in the Ica region, say that about 15% of the 30,000 houses damaged in the massive earthquake in 2007 have been reconstructed. “On the topic of housing, we have a very high deficit pending,” state news agency Andina reported Chincha Mayor Lucio Juarez as saying. “It creates a terrible [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.peruviantimes.com/05/chincha-official-says-15-of-province-reconstructed-since-2007-quake/13285/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Armed Forces ready to reconstruct quake-hit South, says Defense Minister</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/02/armed-forces-ready-to-reconstruct-quake-hit-south-says-defense-minister/13246/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peruviantimes.com/02/armed-forces-ready-to-reconstruct-quake-hit-south-says-defense-minister/13246/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2007 Pisco earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army Corps of Engineers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake reconstruction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.peruviantimes.com/?p=13246</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Armed Forces are ready to begin work on reconstructing cities in southern Peru where a major earthquake in August 2007 caused widespread damage to infrastructure and killed hundreds of people, said Defense Minister Daniel Mora. “This work will bring us even closer to the citizenry,” state news agency Andina reported Mora as saying. The [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.peruviantimes.com/02/armed-forces-ready-to-reconstruct-quake-hit-south-says-defense-minister/13246/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

