RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 1 : Peru - Landslide

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Situation Update No. 1 Posted:2010-03-27, 22:46:07 [UTC] Ref.no.: LS-20100327-25484-PER Situation Update No. 1 On 2010-03-29 at 03:15:15 [UTC] Event: Landslide Location: Peru Departmento de Carabaya Puno region Number of Deads: 7 person(s) Situation: Seven people have died as a result of the torrential rains this weekend in the southeastern Peruvian region of Puno. Five people died late Friday in a collapse in Carabaya, an area where numerous informal mining settlements are located. The place where the disaster occurred is located 20 hours by road from the provincial capital and can only be reached on foot, making rescue operations and communications difficult. Two other people died when the Balcon de Oro River, also located in Carabaya, overflowed its banks. Police in Puno plan to use a helicopter to recover the bodies of the dead and transport the injured to a hospital. Two prosecutors, a justice of the peace and several police officers were sent to the scene of the disaster to determine what happened. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu