Heavy Rains Batter Peru’s Highlands, Jungle and Coast

Heavy rains in Peru over the past several weeks have affected about 80 percent of the national territory, affecting hundreds of people and resulting in several deaths, daily El Comercio said. On Wednesday, the government of the impoverished region of Huancavelica declared a 60-day emergency as intense rains swept away bridges and destroyed homes, while [...]

Four mudslides bury crops, animals and homes in Bongara and Chachapoyas

Unseasonaby heavy rains in Peru’s Amazon region have triggered four mudslides in the jungle provinces of Bongara and Chachapoyas, burying 15 homes, animals, and more than 50 hectares of cropland, daily El Comercio reported Thursday. Approximately 80 head of cattle, sheep and more than 50 hectares of cropland were buried by the mud, which also [...]

Department of Loreto urges central government to declare state of emergency due to severe flooding

More than 7,890 families in Peru’s jungle department of Loreto have been affected by heavy rains and flooding, causing local authorities to urge the central government to declare a state of emergency. “A state of emergency would facilitate the purchase of materials, and we would get additional help from the government,” Regional Civil Defense Secretary, [...]

Major highways collapse because of heavy rains in Peru’s Amazon region

Heavy rain in Peru’s Amazon region have caused various segments of the Fernando Belaunde Highway to collapse, leaving the Department of San Martín and thousands of people stranded, daily Peru21 reported Tuesday.

Mudslide blocks highway in Huarochiri province, isolating 10 districts

A highway linking Peru’s capital, Lima, to the Peruvian interior has been blocked by a mudslide caused by heavy rains, leaving ten districts and hundreds of people stranded since Tuesday, daily Peru21 reported. The highway has been heavily damaged by mud and stones in the Huarochiri province, some 70 kilometers, or 43 miles, from Lima. [...]

Heavy rain damages Peru’s famed Nazca lines

Heavy rains have damaged Peru’s famed Nazca lines, a top tourist attraction and one of the world’s greatest archaeological mysteries, reported daily Peru21 on Tuesday. Precipitation has left a layer of white desert clay and sand atop some of the fingers of a geoglyph known as “the hand.” The damage is minor, “and is reversible,” [...]

RPP: Five bodies found from helicopter crash in northern Peru

Rescue operations in northern Peru have reportedly found five bodies from the Helinka Evergreen-owned helicopter that disappeared on Monday. The Bell 412B helicopter was transporting 10 people – eight passengers and two pilots – from Rio Tinto’s La Granja copper project, some 560 miles north of Lima in Cajamarca Department, to the coastal city of [...]

Almost half a million affected by rains

The number of people affected by heavy rains since the beginning of 2008 has increased to almost half a million, the head of Peru’s National Institute for Civil Defense, Luis Palomino, was reported saying. According to Agencia Andina, Palomino said the number includes some people who are affected short term through the flooding of their [...]