Frost and hail destroy more than 12,000 hectares of cropland in highland region of Puno

Extreme temperatures continue to wreck havoc in Peru’s southern altiplano, where frost and hail have destroyed more than 12,000 hectares of cropland since January, state news agency Andina reported on Thursday. In Puno – where 260,000 hectares of land have been seeded – 12,000 hectares of mainly potato crops have been destroyed, and 700,000 affected [...]

Climate Change: hail and freezing temperatures forecast for Puno and southern highlands

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 dozen people.