Overview
- INDECI flagged 491 districts across 15 regions at very high risk from intense rains that could unleash landslides and huaicos, with Cajamarca, Áncash and Ayacucho carrying the largest tallies.
- In Arequipa’s La Unión province, huaicos isolated the districts of Toro, Quechualla and Alca, blocking key roads and clogging irrigation canals that sustain local agriculture.
- COER Arequipa and municipal brigades began EDAN damage assessments to prioritize heavy machinery and humanitarian relief for the affected localities.
- Pampamarca was cut off by a landslide at the Chipito sector before municipal crews reopened the road, while a planned bypass tunnel has remained halted since 2021 in a repeatedly unstable stretch.
- Flash flooding in Characato inundated homes, prompting Red Cross support with a pump, 11 responders and an ambulance, and rains in Lambayeque activated quebradas that threatened crops and hindered travel.