US EditionThe Rains Leave at Least Six Dead and Thousands of Victims in Peru
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A woman screams in despair in a video recorded in Arequipa, in southern Peru: “Hold it! Grab it, please!” The images show how a person is dragged by the force of a slave who descends down a street full of houses, after the intense rains that have hit the region in recent days. Extreme rainfall has left some sectors of Arequipa under mud and has caused the death of six people, in addition to more than 4,000 affected, according to the latest figur…
The news Peruvian Bishops, in solidarity with victims of tragedy in Arequipa after torrential rains was first published in Last Minute Religious News
The recent overflows of the Chullo torrent, which caused the flooding of houses and left severe damage in the districts of Cayma, Yanahuara, Cerrado de Arequipa, does not respond only to the intensity of the rains. Behind the disaster there are predictable geological factors and urban decisions that reduced the natural capacity of the channel, according to geologist Rigoberto Aguilar, researcher at the Mining and Metallurgical Geological Institu…
The city of Arequipa is going through a devastating emergency after the overflow of the Chullo torrent, which has left six dead and dozens of houses buried by mud in sectors like Yanahuara. The lack of canalization and the "repress" effect on critical bridges caused the mud to enter even through the windows, forcing the victims to bend down to enter their homes.
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