Peru floods kill 67

Peru floods kill 67 and mudslides over the past three days following a series of storms have destroyed 12,000 homes so far this year. Torrential rain triggered flash floods in the Peruvian capital Lima.

The intense rain caused by the warming of surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean to continue for another couple of weeks.

President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said “authorities are prepared to provide shelter and emergency relief to those left homeless”. Many found themselves cut off by mudslides that blocked portions of the national highway linking Lima to the center of the country.