Overview
- The Zarumilla and Tumbes rivers overflowed, inundating neighborhoods in Aguas Verdes, Puerto Perú, Villa Perú and Tomás Arizola after heavy rains that hit the coast on Monday.
- More than 300 families have reported damage or displacement and local authorities have set up temporary shelters while conducting rapid damage assessments.
- The Peruvian Army deployed a Rapid Intervention Company using motor pumps to remove standing water and the national government announced a field hospital at Coliseo Mariscal Cáceres to support health needs.
- Municipalities ordered preventive power cuts in affected circuits and emergency agencies such as COEN/INDECI remain active as communities worry about outbreaks of dengue and leptospirosis from pooled water.
- Senamhi describes the episode as extraordinary and links it to El Niño, warning that the Nov. 5–7 forecasted rains could mark a more dangerous phase of the rainy season and pressure limited coastal flood defenses.