A person dead and two others reported missing after a recent landslide A similar incident on Thursday killed a woman and left three people missing in a rural town in Huaral province in the Lima region this Friday.
The National Center for Emergency Operations (COEN) reported on Twitter that “The new landslide that occurred this afternoon in the town of La Perla, Atavillos Bajo district of Huaral province (Lima) has left 1 dead and 2 missing so far.” He added that the Civil Defense Institution (Indeci) is transporting humanitarian aid and foodstuffs donated by the private sector to the region “for the care of affected families who stay overnight in the sector’s communal area”.
The Mayor of Atavillos Bajo, Carlos Salvador Ayala, told RPP radio station when the second landslide occurred. a group of people were on a mound formed after the first flood.
The governor of the Lima States region, Rosa Vásquez, announced that the death was a 50-year-old man whose condition was critical, but died when he was transferred to a health center. Vásquez, who said the other two missing were a 55-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man, asked the central government to send heavy machinery to remove mud and stones from the area.
Mario Mendoza, head of the Decentralized Civil Defense Directorate of Lima Provinces, added that between 30 and 40 families will be evacuated from an area near a mountain pass to prevent another disaster. “It’s a misplaced population,” Mendoza told the RPP. Pearl should be moved to a “safe place”.
One woman died and three went missing after the first landslide in the area fell on Thursday, where homes and a school were also reportedly damaged. With these deaths, the loss of life caused by heavy rains recorded in Peru since last January rose to 71, according to previous reports by the Civil Defense. On Wednesday, Indeci reported that 172 counties in seven regions along Peru’s north coast and highlands are “high” or “very high” at risk of being affected by landslides, avalanches or floods. days.