54 children dead in Puno because of extreme cold front

Climate change continues to wreck havoc in Peru’s southern Altiplano, where the arrival of freezing temperatures since March — almost three months earlier than usual — have killed more than 237 children. The extreme cold – which has brought snow, hail, low temperatures and strong winds – has claimed the lives of 237 children so [...]

Cold kills 140 children under the age of 5, government inefficiency held largely responsible for deaths

Freezing temperatures on Peru’s southern Altiplano, where the arrival of below zero temperatures this year came as early as March — almost three months earlier than usual — as well as government inefficiency, critics say, have contributed to the death of 140 children aged 5 or younger so far this year. In Puno, an important [...]

Twenty-six children dead because of extreme cold in Puno so far in 2009

Climate change continues to wreck havoc in Peru’s southern Altiplano, where the arrival of freezing temperatures since March — almost three months earlier than usual — have killed more than a 20 children. The extreme cold has claimed the lives of 26 children so far in Puno, daily El Comercio reported Friday. And, more than [...]