Overview
- Strong Paracas winds struck the Ica coast, causing material damage in Pisco where a metal roof collapsed at Miguel Grau school and gusts reached about 42 km/h.
- The episode generated dense dust clouds that cut visibility on streets and roads and prompted health advice for people with respiratory conditions to use masks.
- Local crews, the Policía Nacional and the Local Emergency Operations Center mobilized to clear fallen trees, panels and debris and to reopen blocked routes.
- Authorities temporarily suspended tourist boat outings from Paracas because low visibility and rough conditions made navigation unsafe.
- Senamhi says variable-intensity gusts will continue through midweek on the southern coast and has issued an orange alert for parts of the northern coast while specialists warn warmer coastal waters could be reinforcing the winds.