Climate change: intense cold front has killed 20,000 alpaca in Puno so far this year

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 at least 20,000 alpaca, reported Peru’s National Agriculture and Sanitation Service, or Senasa. Since January, approximately 20,000 alpaca – a number that still remains within normal limits – [...]

Peruvian Red Cross ships more than 50 tons of warm clothing and blankets to areas affected by extreme cold

As part of its “Together against the Cold” Campaign, the Peruvian Red Cross has shipped more than 50 tons of warm clothing, blankets and medicine to 11,290 families throughout Peru’s southern Altiplano, including Cuzco, Puno, Apurimac and Huancavelica. The blankets and clothing were shipped by private companies, and with the financial and technical support of [...]

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 [...]

Puno Regional President accused of negligence in child deaths from cold

Peru has declared a state of emergency in the highland department of Puno, where 35 children have recently died from exposure to cold weather, and accused Regional President Hernán Fuentes of negligence and mismanagement of funds, reported daily El Comercio. These deaths are due to “structural poverty,” but in this particular case, the “mismanagement of [...]

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 [...]

Temperatures in Peru’s highlands to drop drastically throughout April

Temperatures are expected to plummet to -10°C, or 14°F during the month of April throughout parts of Peru’s southern highlands, reported Peru’s National Meteorology and Hydrology Institute, or Senamhi. Though freezing temperatures are registered year-round in Tacna, Moquegua and Puno, the upcoming cold spell will be particularly intense and will spread over much of Peru’s [...]