Peru: Cusco Floods Mudslides Emergency

Floods and mudslides have covered entire towns, blocked roads and trains and stranded people in the Cusco region, in southern Peru, also affecting the regions of Puno, Huancavelica, Apurimac and parts of Arequipa.

Please spread the word, about this tragic result of climate change. Read daily reports on:

http://peruanista.blogspot.com/2010/01/alert-update-on-cusco-mudslides-and.html


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Category:

News & Politics

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• Floods
• Mudslides
• Cusco
• Emergency
• Peru
• puno
• arequipa
• huancavelica
• apurimac
• climate
• change
• pollution
• heavy
• rain
• global
• warming

[belindabella2000]

A very important recommendation! If you decide to visit Machupichu, it is best you do from April to December, from May to August,is even much better because it is very sunny. Generally, in the months of January to March or even April rains too much, and its all cloudy

[MrAmet2010]

I LOVE PERU!!!

[hcdesigncorp]

tengo que darte un tremendo credito por las fotos bien enfocadas y de gran informacion para entender que tan grande ees el problema....vi todo los medios y solo tienen tomas pequenas que no divisan la gran destruccion...gracias por poner toda esa information adjunta

[playmarto]

There is no news in the uk about the floods in peru?.

[yohuallin]

Gracias Carlos por cubrir tanta informacion, yo vivo fuera del Peru y me da mucha pena ver lo que sucede, y tu blog es una manera para yo poder mantenerme al tanto.

[Daisy7VT]

EXCELLENT COVERAGE! Thank you so much! Finally a newscaster who speaks for the Peruvians!