Cyclone Yaku LIVE: missing, thousands homeless and homes destroyed by rains and overflowing rivers in the north of the country

Flooding and destruction in San Pedro de Lloc

Hundreds of residents of the province of San Pedro de Lloc, in La Libertad, suffered the destruction of their homes and flooding. Dozens of affected families have been left on the streets and are asking for support from the authorities, as they fear the rains will continue to flood the area and put their lives at risk.

Pacasmayo flooded by rain

News outlets in the La Libertad region published photographs of the disaster left behind by heavy rains in the province of Pacasmayo.

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Pacasmayo collapsed

More than ten hours of rain in the Libertad de Pacasmayo province left dozens of houses collapsed and uninhabitable.

According to the Canal N report, the water overflowed, flooding streets and houses. This same situation is also repeated in San Pedro de Lloc and Chepén.

Currently, there is only one cistern trying to drain water from the streets, but it fails to come down. In some houses, the water stagnates.

five missing

in the neighborhood of Pacora, Lambayeque region, uncertainty and anxiety grip the population after the overflow of the La Leche river. So far, this emergency in northern Peru has left at least five people missing who were swept away by the flow as they tried to cross it.

Authorities and locals said there was no trace of them and it is feared they are dead. Among the victims were two young men.

The overflow of the La Leche River cut off several towns and neighborhoods. In addition, hundreds of hectares of crops have reportedly been completely destroyed due to heavy rains in the north of the country.

Emergency state

He Executive power said the Emergency state for 60 days various districts of the regions of Piura, Lambayeque, Tumbes, La Libertad, Áncash, Lima and Cajamarca due to the danger of intense rainfall. The measure aims to accelerate the execution of exceptional actions to reduce high risks, as well as the necessary contingencies and rehabilitations.

By Supreme Decree No. 029-2023-PCM published in the newspaper El Peruano, it is established that regional governments, as well as local governments included, with the technical coordination and monitoring of the National Institute of Civil Defense and the participation of the ministries and the public and private institutions involved, will execute the corresponding exceptional actions.

Overflow of the La Leche River

Affected families in downtown La Colorada, Mórrope, receive help from local authorities after the La Leche River overflowed.

The biggest storm in Ecuador

The city of Guayaquil suffered the biggest storm in 25 years. This Wednesday, the fall of 18 million cubic meters of rain was reported, an amount equivalent to 7,000 Olympic swimming pools.

Haze and Overcast in Lima

Lima and Callao wake up with cloudy skies and haze due to increased humidity and weak winds, also in the afternoon with a tendency to clouds. Until March 11, there will be light to moderate rains on the central coast.

Chiclayo experiences heavy rain

A rain of persistent and regular intensity has endured until this morning the city of Chiclayo and other districts of the department of Lambayeque, in the north of Peru, which has caused great floods which hinder the circulation of pedestrians and vehicles.

In the center of Chiclayo many passers-by had to repeat unusual jumps to avoid the large puddles that had accumulated in the main streets and avenues of the city.

In addition, the rain caused traffic jams due to the streams that formed on the roads in this region of the country.

Mother and son are electrocuted

A mother and her youngest son were electrocuted on Thursday March 9 following the intense and persistent rains which are recorded in the city of Chiclayo, in Lambayeque, confirmed the company Electro Norte SA (ENSA), through a press release . posted on their social networks.

Around 7:00 p.m., the deaths of two people were recorded for touching an unhooked live Internet cable, the same one that was allegedly used clandestinely, in the 3rd block of Francisco Cúneo street in the Patazca urbanization, in Chiclayo, notes .

“The two deceased, a mother and a minor, suffered electrocution, a fact verified by members of the Peruvian National Police,” the document says.

Rains threaten agriculture in the north

The intense rains in the north of the country are not only worrying the population due to flooding and overflowing of rivers, but this emergency would cause damage to agricultural activity in the regions of Piura, Lambayeque, Cajamarca and La Libertad, alerted the National Meteorological Service. and hydrology (Senamhj).

In Piura, rice cultivation is threatened by floods. Also, there is a high probability of presenting fungal diseases in cotton cultivation installed in the production areas of this region.

In Lambayeque, export crops such as avocado could be affected by the delay in their harvests and dry matter content; in the vine in the germination phase they would introduce themselves favorable conditions for the presence of diseases such as mildew and powdery mildew.

In the same way, in cotton growing, rains can stain the fiber in fields in the acorn opening phase, and in rice cultivation the presence of fungal diseases due to high relative humidity.

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