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| Situation Update No. 9 Ref.no.: FF-20100126-24697-PER
Situation Update No. 9
On 2010-01-28 at 04:46:54 [UTC]
Event: Flash Flood
Location: Peru Urubamba Valley Machu Picchu
Number of Deads: 7 person(s)
Number of Evacuated: 1950 person(s)
Situation: Cusco, Peru's main touristic destination, is currently drawing international attention due to the large number of stranded tourists; but other Peru regions such as Huancavelica, Apurimac and Puno are currently experiencing extremely heavy rainfalls too, that are causing severe large-scale damages. Huancavelica and Apurimac are Peru's regions with the highest extreme poverty rates, so the impact of these climatic events on their population and infrastructure is likely to be worse and to last longer. Only in Apurimac, more than 4,000 families have been affected by the rainfalls, and several sections of the Abancay-Cusco route have been literally swept away by the rivers surge, reported Apurimac's Regional President, David Salazar. In Huancavelica, some 30 mudslides have cut four spots of the Huancayo-Huancavelica railway, blocking the transit, and the situation in Yauyo, Acoria and Anta districts is getting critical. As for Puno, authorities of San Antonio de Putina province are also asking to be included in the state of emergency, since more than 6,000 hectares are flooded, as well as 10 public schools; reportedly, several bridges would also be about to collapse anytime. |  | | | |
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