Cyclone Yaku: The start of classes in Piura is suspended until March 20 due to heavy rain

In order to protect students, teachers and administrative employees, the Ministry of Education informed the whole community that the start of classes 2023 It is suspended until March 20 due to the presence of torrential rains in the town of Piura.

This measure is taken after the floods that occurred in the northern city due to the Cyclone Yaku. As you remember, this year’s classes were supposed to start on March 13; however, they will be postponed for a week due to this natural phenomenon that affects hundreds of Peruvians.

There Regional Directorate of Education Piura (DREP) in coordination with the Local Pedagogical Management Units (UGEL) postponed the start of classes in the Piura region in order to report the damage, safeguard the integrity of schoolchildren, teachers, etc.

“The return to public educational establishments scheduled for Monday March 13 is postponed”, begins its press release n ° 13-2023 / DRE. PIURA.

In this context, they specify that the new date scheduled for the start of the 2023 academic year will be March 20thunder “prior assessment of the state of the teaching facilities, assignments in general and weather conditions.”

Public establishments offer management staff and teachers in general the possibility of adjusting and rescheduling their timetables in order to guarantee full respect for school weeks.

In addition, education authorities are requested to report urgently on the quality of the infrastructure in which the schools are located. state colleges in the town of Piura, in order to take the necessary measures.

“We urge all members of the educational community in the Piura region, public and private entities, management, teaching and administrative staff; as well as its other members to remain vigilant to prevent and act in the event of any circumstance endangering the physical and emotional integrity of the pupils or the members of the educational community”, indicates the press release of the DRE. Piura.

He National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology of Peru (Senamhi) reported that the city of Lima will experience rains due to the indirect influence of Cyclone Yaku, which has rocked the north of the country in recent days.

Diego Rodríguez, meteorologist Senamhi, explained and clarified that the climatic phenomenon will not enter the capital directly. However, due to the proximity that exists between the regions, Lima will present some changes over time.

“The cyclone is 500 or 600 kilometers from the coast; it will move south, but it will also move away. Do not think that the cyclone will enter our coasts, it will not happen, but we will feel its indirect influence in Lima,” said the specialist.

“The rains are generated in the mountains, in the middle basin, and from there they go towards the coast. Cyclone Yaku brings humidity, so it is an indirect influence; as there is more humidity, it contributes to accentuate the precipitation,” he added in his speech.

Ate, Santa Anita, Chaclacayo, Lurigancho, La Molina, Cieneguilla, San Luis, San Juan de Lurigancho (SJL), Chosica, El Agustino, will be some of the neighborhoods that suffer from the presence of the Cyclone Yaku.