A new front threatens to worsen the situation, after heavy rains leave 75 people dead in recent weeks
A woman is helped across a flooded street in Huachipa, Peru on March 17. Floods in the country have left 75 dead, 263 injured, 20 missing and 630,000 affected in total.GUADALUPE PARDO (Reuters)Peru’s national weather agency (Senamhi) has forecast more heavy rains in coming days. Here, a woman is evacuated in Peru on March 17.The Peruvian government has already launched a massive relief effort, targeting zones worst hit by the emergency, with more than 2,000 tons of humanitarian aid going to the victims. In this image, two men rescue a person trapped in the Río Rimac in Huachipa.Mariana Bazo (Reuters)
Some districts in Lima have been without water for three days. Above, a woman with rescued belongings in the capital’s Huachipa district.GUADALUPE PARDO (Reuters)A tractor crosses the River Zana near the city of Chiclayo.JULIO REANO (AFP)A woman helps a child cross the street in the Huachipa district of Lima.Mariana Bazo (Reuters)
Intense flooding in Trujillo on March 18.CELSO ROLDAN AND STR (AFP)Residents trapped in their homes after heaving rains in Trujillo on March 18.CELSO ROLDAN AND STR (AFP)
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