The Moche River in Trujillo overflows and kills dozens

He Cyclone Yaku continues to cause great damage, especially on the Peruvian coast. Last Sunday the overflow of ugly rivercausing the loss of crops in the area, as well as the homes of dozens of residents who live very close to this flow.

According to information, the height of the flood reaches the sector countrysidedue to the intense rains recorded in the area, which lasted for more than 10 hours, causing the flooding of many houses.

according Supreme Decree N.º 034-2023-PCM, published in the extraordinary edition of the legal standards bulletin of El Peruano, the four remaining districts of the province of Trujillo (Huanchaco, La Esperanza, Salaverry and Trujillo), enter emergency for 60 days, due to heavy rains. Moreover, that in the first days of March, the districts of El Porvenir, Florencia de Mora, Laredo, Moche, Poroto, Simbal and Victor Larco, They have been declared an emergency.

After this behavior of nature, the inhabitants of the region of La Campiña are worried about the overflow of the river and ask for the support of the authorities to save the hectares of their crops such as melon, squash, cabbage, produce to pepper base, among others and , the infrastructure of their homes.

La Libertad is one of the regions hardest hit by this phenomenon, which has claimed thousands of lives.

A new alert from senamhi set fire to the alarms in the north of the country, exactly in the region of La Libertad, since the flow of the chicama river has increased considerably putting more than 11 towns at risk of flooding.

“At 1 a.m. today, Sunday March 12, the El Tambo station, responsible for monitoring the said tributary and located in the Marmotte district, recorded a flow of 184.13 cubic meters per second, a situation that could cause damage to the populations centers of Cerro Negro, Panama, Tambo, Cruce, Huancay, Jolluco Bajo, Pueblo Nuevo, Septen, Pampas del Bao, Tierras Negras and Payanique”, this information was published.

Carlos Yanez Lazoboss of National Institute for Civil Protection (Indeci), revealed the figures that the natural phenomenon leaves recorded on the coast of Peru, forcing them to register 12,200 victims, 49, 111 affected, 59 deceased; 57 wounded and eight missing.

According to this, Yanez Lazo He mentioned that at least 1,326 destroyed houses were also reported, 3,173 uninhabitable and 21,862 damaged, according to the National Information System for Response and Rehabilitation (SINPAD).

There are hundreds of victims in the city of Trujillo before the ravine is activated Leon In hope. The inhabitants of this sector lost their property and their homes, since the mud came to bury everything in its path. The people of Trujillo are asking for government help as soon as possible to get out of this situation, because they say they have no way to feed their families because they have lost everything.