Overview
- The government formalized the measure through Decreto Supremo N.º 003-2026-PCM on January 9, authorizing immediate prevention, response and rehabilitation in districts across 20 regions.
- Actions under the decree must be funded from existing regional and municipal budgets without new Treasury resources.
- Indeci and Cenepred flagged roughly 480 highland districts at very high risk of huaicos and landslides, based on risk maps and Senamhi forecasts for early January.
- Reported impacts include flooding that has affected 15 native communities in Ucayali, road blockages and isolated areas in the VRAEM, and inundated streets in Trujillo.
- Lambayeque’s emergency chief said the region was left out despite submitted data and pointed to unfinished infrastructure works in vulnerable valleys.