Lima, Feb 7 (EFE).- Search-and-rescue efforts were continuing on Tuesday after landslides in the southern Peruvian department of Arequipa left at least 15 dead and damaged hundreds of homes. In its latest report, the National Civil Defense Institute (Indeci) said several rain-triggered mud and rock slides – known in that Andean country as “huaicos” – …
Landslides and floods have caused devastation in parts of the Arequipa Department in Peru following heavy rainfall. Several districts in the Lima Department have also seen damaging mudslides in the past few days. Arequipa Department Areas of.
UNITED NATIONS UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, said Tuesday that it is working with national and local authorities to scale