Piura: intense rains generated an alert in the north of the country on Monday

A heavy rain fell on piura this Monday noon and evening. This fact raised the alarm among the neighbors, since several streets were quickly flooded. Specifically, the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (senamhi) informs that between Monday March 6 and Wednesday March 8, rains of moderate to extreme intensity are expected in Piura and fallen down. Similarly, records above 80 mm/day are expected in Tumbes and on the Piura coast.

Given the moderate to extreme rainfall forecast in the North Coast and Sierrathere are 379 districts at risk of being affected by landslides, landslides or other types of mass movements, according to information from the National Center for Disaster Risk Assessment, Prevention and Reduction (Cenepred).

According to the risk scenario prepared by this institution, Cajamarca is the department with the highest number of districts (50) at very high riskfollowed by Áncash (28), La Libertad (25), Piura (22), Ayacucho (20), Arequipa (17), Apurímac (16), Huancavelica (13), Lima (8), Lambayeque (3) and Puno ( 1).

Similarly, there are a total of 176 jurisdictions in the said departments, in addition to Cusco, Junín, Moquegua, Tacna and Tumbes, high risk.

And it is that he Senamhi’s red level warning forecasts the occurrence of precipitation (snow, hail, sleet and rain) of moderate to extreme intensity in the departments of Amazonas, Áncash, Apurímac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huancavelica, Ica, Junín, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martin, Tacna and Tumbes. 110 provinces have been alerted.

He Regional Governor of Piura, Luis Neyra Leóninformed that he has a budget item of more than 3 million soles to deal with the eventualities in the face of the intense rains that are recorded in the department, especially in the part of the Piura mountains.

After indicating that there are 50 districts included in the emergency declaration issued by the national governmentthe regional authority maintained that the total amount needed to deal with possible emergencies has yet to be assessed.

“We have an amount of just over three million soles to deal with this situation, but there are institutions in piura that they have not provided this budget for these contingencies. However, the Minister of Defense stressed in our city that the central government would have the necessary budget to deal with the rainy season”, indicated Neyra León.

On Monday March 6, cumulative precipitation is expected with values ​​close to 55 mm/day in the northern sierra, around 20 mm/day in the central sierra and values ​​greater than 15 mm/day in the southern sierra. And precipitation (snow, hail, sleet and rain) of moderate to extreme intensity will occur in the mountains. Are precipitation They will be accompanied by electric shocks and gusts of wind with speeds close to 35 km/h. Additionally, localized hail is expected to occur in areas above 2,800 m elevation and isolated snow in locations above 4,000 m elevation.