Downtown Santa Lucía, in the province of Pacasmayo, La Libertad, suffered torrential rain for more than six hours on Thursday. (Andean)

According to the boss the National Institute for Civil Protection (Indeci), Carlos Yáñez, only until Friday, March 10, the torrential rains, which have been recorded, the last associated with Cyclone Yaku, especially in the regions of the coast and the northern sierra of the country, have made a total of 8,222 victims, as well as 23,000 victims, 58 dead, 57 injured and 8 missing. Considering this, the Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, Hania Pérez de Cuéllarannounced that families whose homes have been declared uninhabitable or destroyed by heavy rains in the north of the country could receive aid of 500 soles.

Concerning the houses declared uninhabitable and destroyed, the head of Housing, Construction and Sanitation stressed that her sector, through the Mivivienda Fundhas two service mechanisms, the first is emergency lease voucher and housing modules.

“He lease deposit emergencyWhat he is looking for is to provide aid of 500 soles to all those houses or families who have seen their house destroyed or declared uninhabitable,” he said in an interview with Channel N.

The Minister specified that the persons concerned must go to the town halls so that they can draw up a register of the persons concerned, a document which must be validated by the Ministry of Housing by ministerial decree.

“This support for families whose homes have been declared uninhabitable or destroyed It will be monthly for a period of two years.“, said.

In addition, he indicated that according to the report closed on Thursday evening, there are a total of 2,350 houses affected in the regions of Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque, La Libertad and Áncash, of which 24 have been completely destroyed and 269 ​​are uninhabitable.

He announced that this Saturday, the President of the Republic, Dina Boluarte, together with ministers and deputy ministers, will visit the northern regions of the country, to seek to resolve and activate the actions deployed from each center of regional and subnational action.

He also argued that on Sunday, the National Council for Disaster Risk Management will be installedwhere it will meet to activate the necessary actions.

The National Meteorology and Hydrology Service (Senamhi) reported on Friday that the regions of Lambayeque and La Libertad, located in northern Peru, exceeded the historic record for cumulative rainfall in 24 hours the day before by reporting unrecorded values. since the Extraordinary El Niño Phenomenon of 1998 and the phenomenon The boy coast of 2017.

He senamhi explained that the station Cayalti (Chiclayo, Lambayeque) reached 87.4 millimeters per day on Thursday, the second historical record was March 14, 1972 when 78.2 mm/day was recorded; the climatic normal is 24.8 mm/month.

Meanwhile, at the station talla (Pacasmayo, La Libertad) reported 103.7 mm/day, on March 7, 1998 it reached 63 mm/day and reached the second record of all time; the climatic normal is 17.6 mm/month.

The station Cheperre (Chepén, La Libertad) reached 66.2 mm/day yesterday, the second all-time high was March 18, 2017 when 61 mm/day was reported; the climatic normal is 18.8 mm/month.

On the other hand, the Regional Center for Emergency Operations (COER) reported that the heavy rains that have been falling since Friday 6:00 p.m. in the city of Trujillo, capital of the region Freedomgenerated the activation of the San Idelfonso, San Carlos and El León streams, for this reason, the population was asked to remain alert. These ravines are the same ones that caused landslides and destruction in the city of Trujillo during the 2017 El Niño costero phenomenon.

Hania Pérez de Cuéllar, Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation.
Hania Pérez de Cuéllar, Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation.

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