Floods in Peru
The worst floods in decades has affected over one million people in Peru. In response, IFRC and the Peruvian Red Cross have launched an appeal to support 50,000 people in the worst affected areas.
El Niño weather patterns over Peru have caused heavy rainfall, floods, landslides, hail and electric storms since December 2016. The northern coastal regions are hardest hit, but all of Peru’s 24 departments have experienced heavy rains. To date, there have been 133 deaths and 18 missing people in the flooding. Flood water5s have caused extensive damage, including to houses, medical and educational centres, and crops.
Continuing rains throughout much of April has raised the number of disaster-affected to 1.2 million people nearly a third of whom are children, youth and the elderly. Vector borne, and water related diseases are on the rise. Seven regions have witnessed an increase in dengue cases.
The floods have affected…
More than 1.2 million people
285,060 households
795 health centres
87,000 ha of farmland
The IFRC appeal
The IFRC is seeking
4,740,589 Swiss francs
To assist
50,000 people
Over the next
12 months
Pictures: Edwin Jara and Fernando Gandarillas, IFRC
A deep carpet of mud unrolled, forcing its way through streets, houses and walls. It was violent and unrelenting. Braulio Villegas was at home with his wife, his two children, a brother, and other family members that night. They, like many others in the town, had to run from the flood.
This is San Martín de Malinga, a community in the Piura area of Peru, completely isolated from the city and commercial activities. Its roads have been destroyed.
Andres Medina works with his fellow staff and volunteers to prepare an aid delivery for people affected by the recent floods in Peru. They know what’s needed, and where they’re going.
Press releases on the crises
Lima/Geneva, 25 March 2017 – The Peruvian Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) are calling for urgent support for communities affected by severe flooding and mudslides across northern Peru. The emerg …
Tens of thousands of people are homeless, hundreds of thousands affected and dozens have been killed in the worst flooding to hit Peru in decades. According to Peru’s National Institute of Civil Defence (INDECI), 75 people have died and over 625,000 ar …