Rains in Peru: About 70,000 inhabitants of Huancabamba are isolated due to the blockage of the road that connects Piura

The ace heavy rain which are recorded in northern Peru caused the collapse of mud and stones that blocked the Canchaque-Huancabamba highway, which connects the province of Huancabamba to the city of Piura. Faced with the collapse of this infrastructure, the Mayor Hernán Lizana Campos report that about 70,000 residents are isolated.

Likewise, the mayor specified that the area affected by the collapse of mud and stones It is located at the height of the Las Minas sector and the isolation mainly affects the neighborhoods of Huancabamba, El Carmen de la Frontera, Sondor and Sondorillo.

Regarding the work to free the area, the provincial mayor of Huancabamba said that at the moment they are trying to remove the tons of earth, mud and stones that block the road with the help of a front loader and two dump trucks provided by Provías del Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC).

However, Lizana Campos said she had requested additional heavy equipment to be sent to speed up road cleaning work. Furthermore, he said that since the start of the rainy season, at least six landslides have been recorded in the province of Piurana.

In addition, the building authority, which is overseeing clean-up work in the affected area, in an interview with Agencia Andina, said it had asked the National Institute for Civil Protection (Indeci) setting up a warehouse in advance with tools to deal with emergencies caused by torrential rains.

The local authority asked the Piura Regional Government already the Ministries competent to send humanitarian aid meet the affected families by the incessant rains. He added that the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) prepares the detailed report of personal and material damage caused by the rains.

However, the mayor has confirmed that one miner has died and another is missing in the neighborhood of San Miguel de El Faique, due to landslides caused by heavy rains.

Another heavy flood was recorded in the district of Mórrope, exactly in the hamlet of Caracucho, annex of San Isidro, in Lambayeque, which affected around 50 families, after the overflow of the La Leche river.

Citizens have requested that a helicopter arrive to transfer the isolated families, as the area has sufficient water supply and some houses have already been damaged. “We have space, only people are up, night is coming and we don’t know how we are going to spend it,” a village resident told RPP.

The victims mentioned that no authority approached to offer them any help. They slept in a small huaca and are asking for food and tents in view of the possible presence of new rains.