Humanity Road activated its disaster desk on March 17, 2017 after intense rains have caused severe flooding in 24 of Peru’s 25 regions. Volunteers using social media guided the public on official agencies to follow to gain updated information about the situation. On Monday, March 20, 2017 Humanity Road published its first situation report containing social media links and helpful information for the public impacted.
- Peru-Floods-Regional-Sitrep-No-1-20-Mar-2017.pdf
- Peru-Floods-Regional-Sitrep-No-2-21-Mar-2017.pdf
- Peru-Floods-Regional-Sitrep-No-3-23-Mar-2017.pdf
Peru Flooding, Regional Situation Report No 3, 23 March 2017
| Situation Report – (period covered: 20-23 March, 2017)
Prepared by: Humanity Road / Animals in Disaster Follow: @Humanityroad / @Disasteranimals / @jAidDog |
| Situation Overview |
| Background:
Intense rains have caused severe flooding and landslides in 24 of Peru’s 25 regions. 12 regions have been declared in a state of emergency. Source It is the worst flooding in two decades, and more storms are expected. According to the National Emergency Operations Center, 99,475 Peruvians had lost everything since the beginning of the year, while 626,928 had suffered less serious damage to their homes. Source Highways, bridges, and railways have been damaged hindering the flow of aid and leaving some towns stranded. Communications are also out in some areas. Water treatment facilities and sewage pipes have been damaged impacting the water supply. There is a shortage of drinking water in some areas. Some hospitals have been damaged by flooding and/or are in need of supplies and water, and there is the possibility of increased disease outbreaks due to mosquitoes. Source Source Highlights: Nueva información mostrada en fuente azul New information shown in blue font 23 Mar:
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Situation Reports and Maps
23 Mar
- Open Street Map Perú son los principales coordinadores de OpenStreetMap para el alivio de las inundaciones. Están coordinando con los contactos locales. Las organizaciones locales que responden o las autoridades civiles que necesitan áreas mapeadas o que desean solicitar vuelos con aviones no tripulados pueden solicitar asistencia. Más información aquí fuente
- Open Street Map Peru are the main coordinators of OpenStreetMap flood relief support. They are coordinating with local contacts. Local responding organizations or civil authorities who need areas mapped or would like to request drone flights can request assistance. Please more information here source
- De MapAction: El mapa muestra los departmentos de Piura, Lambayeque y La Libertad con el total de personas afectadas al nivel de districto, y las facilidades colapsadas o inhabitables por departamento, segun de la INDECI a 21 marzo 2017. fuente
- From MapAction – map shows the departments of Piura, Lambayeque and La Libertad with the total number of people affected at the district level, and the facilities collapsed or uninhabitable by department, according to INDECI on 21 March 2017. Source
- Peru Floods Situation Overview – DG ECHO Daily Map, 23 Mar 2017. source
- IFRC Information Bulletin No 2, Peru Floods, 23 March 2017. source
21 Mar:
- Ministry of Defense Report March 21, 2017 Source
- World Food Programme, General Logistics Planning Map. pdf
20 Mar:
- Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – DG ECHO Daily Map pdf
- Ministry of Defense Report March 20, 2017 Source
- UNOCHA Situation Report No 2. Source
- Interactive Peru Map with population by city, district, region source
19 Mar:
- Ministry of Defense Report March 19, 2017 source
- IFRC Information Bulletin No. 1, March 19, 2017
- Map of people impacted by region, Save the Children.
18 Mar or earlier:
- Reporte de Situación No. 01 de la Oficina de la Coordinadora Residente (al 16/03/2017). Source
Officials Accounts
President of Peru website twitter facebook
Center for Disaster Risk Reduction website twitter facebook
Emergency Operations Center twitter
Ministers Council website twitter facebook
Minister of Defense website twitter facebook
Minister of Education website twitter facebook
Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Population website twitter facebook
Police Peru website twitter facebook
Official News Agency Peru website twitter facebook
Aid Agencies Responding
Americares website twitter facebook
Humanity Road website twitter Peru Twitter List
MapAction website twitter facebook
Red Cross Peru website twitter facebook
Save the Children website twitter facebook
Peru Antitaurino (animal rescue) twitter facebook
Unicef of Latin America website twitter facebook
Unicef of Peru website twitter facebook
Pictures and Videos
22 Mar:
- Huarmey: panorama desolador visto desde el aire. fuente
Drone video from Huarmey). Source
- Video: Así amanecimos en Sullana y habrán familias más afectadas, protejenos Dios mío!!. fuente
Video of flooding in Sullana. Source
- Photos, Videos – Un duro golpe nos dio anoche hasta hoy (Sullana). fuente
Photos and videos of flooding in Sullana. source
21 Mar:
20 Mar:
- Video of damage in San Pedro de Lloc, La Libertad region. Source
- Video of town with rapid flooding, family trapped. Source
19 Mar:
- Video of landslides in Yauyos Province. Source
- Video of flooded Huarmey. source
- Trujillo El Porvenir street flooding video source
- Trujillo street flooding video source
18 Mar:
- Flooded Hospital de Apoyo in Huarmey. source
Hashtags
#peruflood, #perufloods, #inundaciones, #huaico, #FuerzaPeru, #ppkaos, #Trujillo, #MinsaEnAccion, #UnaSolaFuerza, #florosos, #callateunratito, #RimacResilient, #aquantesedapal, #Piura, #AlertaRoja, #cajamarquilla, #AlertaCapital, #losanimalesmeimportan, #PeruNosHacemosCargo, #Medicamentos, #SOS, #PeruDaLaMano, #BrigadasMedica, #Inundaciones, #TrujilloEnEmergencia, #PeruEnEmergencia
URGENT NEEDS BY REGIONS
Tumbes Region
- Tumbes Province (pop. 111,595)
- 22 Mar: 5:00 AM La mayor tormenta de todo el Fenómeno continúa sobre toda el área de las regiones #Piura y #Tumbes al amanecer fuente
5:00am At dawn, the greatest storm to ever hit the area was impacting Piura and Tumbes source source
- 19 Mar:
- The Air Force evacuated 50 people from Tumbes by air to Lima including some elderly people, sick patients and children. Source
- San Jacinto – Red Cross Peru has activated emergency teams source
- As of 16 March, 1,637 people have been affected, 7 schools damaged, and one health center damaged. The districts of Corrales, Pampas de Hospital, San Juan de la Virgen, San Jacinto, Puerto Pizarro, La Cruz and Tumbes were the worst hit. Source
Piura Region
- Region (pop 1,630,772)
- 22 Mar: 5:00 AM La mayor tormenta de todo el Fenómeno continúa sobre toda el área de las regiones #Piura y #Tumbes al amanecer fuente
5:00am At dawn, the greatest storm to ever hit the area was impacting Piura and Tumbes source source
- 19 Mar: Piura is the most affected region. 225,,492 people are affected, 18,996 seriously, there have been 6 deaths, 2,250 homes have collapsed. 8,681 hectares of crops have been lost. 829 kilometres of roads of roads, 159 bridges, and 614 irrigation canals have been destroyed. Source
- Piura (pop. 446,440)
- 23 Mar: #NDP Alistan 6 refugios en Piura para albergar a damnificados. Ministro Nieto supervisó instalación de 100 carpas https://goo.gl/No250B. Fuente
6 shelters with 100 tents have been set up in Piura. Source
- Mar 22 Hay 3,500 familias damnificadas en Piura. fuente y estamos trabajando para buscarles refugio y más ayuda para poder atender la emergencia. fuente
There are 3,500 families affected in Piura. Source and we are working to get them shelter and more help to deal with the emergency. source
- 23 Mar La Dirección Regional de Salud de Piura comunica a la población que los centros de Salud y hospitales de la Región se encuentran en estado de alerta roja, a raíz de las consecuencias generadas por las lluvias intensas, las altas temperaturas y el colapso del saneamiento básico. fuente
The Regional Directorate of Health of Piura communicates to the population that the health centers and hospitals of the Region are in a state of red alert, as a result of the consequences of intense rains, high temperatures and the collapse of basic sanitation. source
- 20 Mar: A military field hospital has treated more than 300 people in Piura. source
- 19 Mar: Hundreds of carriers stranded in Morrope road to #Piura video source
- 19 Mar: Streets were flooded in Piura source
- 18 Mar: 276 schools have been damaged. Source
Cajamarca Region
- Contumazá Province
- 23 Mar: Lluvias mantienen aislados a pueblos de Contumazá. fuente
Rains have isolated villages in Contumazá. source
- 20 Mar: The districts of San Benito, Gusmango, and Cupisnique have been most affected. An infantry battalion is transporting aid in by truck. Club de Leones, Nueva Acrópolis, and Caritas are assisting in providing aid. Source
- San Miguel Province
- 23 Mar: Distrito de Nanchoc está aislado. fuente
The District of Nanchoc is isolated. source
- 23 Mar: Huaicos arrasan Aventuranza baja. fuente
Mudslide in Aveturanza Baja (Nanchoc District). Source
Lambayeque Region
- Region
- 23 Mar: Las aguas de las inundaciones han dañado tumbas y tumbas en el cementerio de San José fuente
- 23 Mar: flood waters have damaged graves and tombs at the cemetery in San Jose source
- 23 Mar: ¡El avión que envió Argentina ya se encuentra colaborando con las operaciones de emergencia en el Perú! Ayer transportó 14.5 toneladas de alimentos a Lambayeque, que constituye el primer envío de ayuda humanitaria a esa población. fuente
A plane from Argentina is already helping with emergency operations in Peru. Yesterday it delivered 14.5 tons of food to Lambayeque, the first humanitarian aid they have received. source
- 20 Mar: 1 person has died from dengue. The health department will increase its campaigns. source
- 18 Mar: 138 schools have been damaged. Source
- Lambayeque Province (pop 230,385 inhabitants)
19 Mar:
- Puchaca: The village of Puchaca, district of Incahuasi, Ferreñafe, Lambayeque. People are isolated and need urgent help. (“El caserío de Puchaca, distrito de Incahuasi, Ferreñafe, Lambayeque. Incomunicado, aislado, familias necesitan ayuda urgente”) source
- Chiclayo (pop. 600,440)
- 23 Mar: Alrededor de medio centenar de familias damnificadas por las lluvias intensas del distrito chiclayano de José Leonardo Ortiz, en la región Lambayeque, serán evacuadas a un albergue, luego que sus viviendas colapsaran y otras se encuentran en la condición de inhabitables. fuente
About 50 families in the district of Jose Leonardo Ortiz have been evacuated after their homes collapsed. source
- 19 Mar: Red Cross Peru has activated emergency teams in Chiclayo source
- 19 Mar: Zana bridge has collapsed and isolated village. (“#Chiclayo: Colapsa puente colgante de Zaña y aísla a caseríos (FOTOS) – https://goo.gl/t0stfL”) source
La Libertad Region
- Region
- 23 Mar: 60 municipios de La Libertad han recibido ayuda humanitaria. fuente
60 municipalities in La Libertad have received humanitarian aid. source
- 21 Mar: 20,000 people have lost their homes and need to be relocated. 27 schools are being used as shelters. source
- 18 Mar: 35,000 people have been affected. 8,000 have lost everything and are homeless. The region is working to provide shelter, tents, and water. Source
- Pacasmayo Province (pop. 93,973)
21 Mar:
- San Pedro de Lloc is flooded and no help has arrived so far. Source
- El Porvenir (pop. 132,461)
- 22 Mar: Sétimo desborde de La quebrada San Ildefonso. Luego de dos días sin huaicos, El Porvenir es golpeado por la inundación debido las precipitaciones registradas en la parte alta de la quebrada. fuente
A new overflow of the San Ildefonso Gorge caused another mudslide in the El Porvenir District. source
- Viru (pop. 42,638)
19 Mar:
- The Virú bridge has fallen down, Trujillo and Virú are isolated. There’s no way to go to the south now source
- Trujillo (pop. 949,498)
20 Mar:
- 12,000 homes have collapsed in Trujillo. The government has brought in heavy machinery and is working to install cisterns. Source
19 Mar:
- Internet outages in Trujillo. (“No hay internet en trujillo. Tendré que hacer la review mañana.”) source
Ancash Region
- Huarmey (pop 20,600)
Huarmey needs people to help remove mud from houses and streets. source
- 21 Mar: About 40,000 people have been affected by the floods, the Military is helping clear sludge from the city. The city will remain at high risk for mudslides for at least another week. There are some rumours of looting in the city. source
- 20 Mar: Claro is working to fix its mobile phone network in Huarmey. source
- 20 Mar: A command center has been set up in Huarmey to assist flood victims. source
- 20 Mar: “Declare state of emergency in the regions of Ancash, Cajamarca, La Libertad…! http://fb.me/1UZJtRhRn” source
- 20 Mar: “#UnaSolaFuerza @Antamina_Peru and @Sedachimbote reactivated the drinking water service hours for #Huarmey #SNMPE source
- 20 Mar: “hospital flooded and inoperable” source
19 Mar:
- 8 patients were rescued from the flooded hospital. Source
- Food and medicine is need in Huarmey. The Navy has brought relief supplies, but trucks are needed to transport the supplies where needed. Source
18 Mar:
- 80% of the coastal city of Huarmey is underwater (up to 1m source) including hospital source
- “”My village is inundated,” he said. “Three days and we’re still underwater. There is no light or food in my village.” He urged the president to provide heavy equipment to help divert the course of the river that has been flooding Huarmey.” source
- Casma (pop. 29,343)
- 20 Mar: Movistar is working to fix its mobile network in Casma. source
- 19 Mar: The Sechin bridge in Casma is about to collapse. Source
- Santa Province (pop. 406,605)
- 20 Mar: Over 4000 homes destroyed in Santa Province and 58,000 people affected. A ship was supposed to arrive with aid supplies, but this did not happen. source
- Cáceres del Perú District (pop. 4,994)
- 20 Mar: 80 houses destroyed. People need drinking water and are collecting rainwater. source
- Chimbote District (pop. 334,568)
- 20 Mar: There is no water in 5% of areas in Chimbote and Nuevo Chimbote due to water line breaks. Water will be restored next week. Source
Lima Region
- Region
- 18 Mar: 128 districts in the Lima region were declared disasters. Source
- Barranca Province (pop 137,689)
- Barranca (pop 63,800) website facebook Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Supe (pop 28,300) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Supe Puerto (pop. 10,543) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Canete Province (pop 191,409) website
- Asia (pop 66,118) website facebook Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Calango (pop. 2,559) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Chilca (14,180) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Imperial (34,778) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Nuevo Imperial (pop 19,280) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- San Luis (pop 11,653) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Chosica
19 Mar:
- El coliseo Carmela Estrella has been established as a shelter as well as tents. Portable toilets will be provided. Source
- “hundreds of residents of the Chosica neighborhood spent Saturday night in tents set up in sports fields or on school grounds near their homes” source
- Cono Este Province
- San Juan de Lurigancho (SJL) (pop. 1,106,453) website
Mar 20
- Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populated coordinated water delivery San Juan De Lurigancho source
- San Juan de Lurigancho @PoliciaPeru provide drinking water to residents source
- Huarochiri Province
- Matucana (pop 5,768) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Carampoma (pop 515) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Lahuaytambo (803) website Mar 19 declared disaster source
- San Pedro de Huancayre (pop 249) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Santiago de Tuna (pop 470) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Surco (pop 2,057) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Huaral Province (pop 9,600)
- Atavillos Bajo (pop 1,298) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Huara Province
- Huacho (pop 92,000) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Hualmay (pop 26,603) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Vegueta (pop 18,113) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Lima Province
21 Mar:
- A mobile medical unit is providing medical care in Los Álamos de Carapongo. Source
- Pucusana District (pop 9,231) Mar 21 declared disaster source
- The assistance still does not reach Cajamarquilla Source
20 Mar:
- San Juan de Lurigancho and Carapongo – Entel is working to fix its mobile network. source
- 15 districts in Lima Metro declared disaster Source
- Roads in and out north of Lima are treacherous. Some people have been stranded. Source
19 Mar:
- No water in Lima, and shops have sold out of bottled water. Source
- Huachipa District has no electricity or drinking water, and all the roads in and out have been washed out. Source
- “Classes have been suspended in Lima and, with some areas without running water for three days, supermarkets are starting to report a shortage of bottled water.” Source
- The “Carretera Central“ a Highway leading eastward out of Lima continues to be affected by landslides general-source . (Partially) cleared Landslide at Km68 Landslide Km81 . Authorities have put in place traffic restrictions until March 28th. Access is limited to emergency vehicles, maintenance vehicles, public transit busses and vehicles transporting basic necessities like water or fuel. Source
- “The Rimac River in Lima toppled a pedestrian bridge linking El Agustino and San Juan de Lurigancho.” Source
- The San Juan de Lurigancho hospital in Canto Grande urgently needs water. Source
18 Mar:
- The water supply in Lima was affected by flooding and landslides. Sedapal has been working to supply free drinking water while repairing the damage to the water system. Running water will be reestablished gradually in the city. Source
- Oyon Province
- Yauyos Province (pop 27,842) website
- 22 Mar: “Más de 15 días que no podemos transportar alimentos de primera necesidad” — Roger Carrión, alcalde de Viñac, Yauyos. fuente
The Mayor of Viñac says they have not been able to transport staple foods for 15 days). source
- 20 Mar: Contact has been lost with Cacra, Hongos y Lincha and Zona Sur Chico. They need help. source
- Carania (pop 335) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- Huampara (pop 286) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- San Joaquin (pop 243) Mar 19 declared disaster source
- San Pedro de Pilas (pop 453) Mar 19 declared disaster source
Huancavelica Region
- Region
- 22 Mar: El gobernador regional de Huancavelica, Glodoaldo Álvarez, informó que un total de 2,706 viviendas en su región, han sido afectadas por las lluvias y deslizamientos, especialmente en las regiones de Castrovirreyna y Huaytará, donde hay 2,416 personas afectadas por estos fenómenos naturales….Existen intensas lluvias, tenemos por ejemplo 37 establecimientos de salud afectados, 80 locales escolares colapsados, en vivienda tenemos 2,706 afectadas, 220 colapsadas y 476 inhabitables….En cuanto a saneamiento, dijo que registran casi 450 sistemas de agua potable afectados, 167 kilómetros afectados de canales y sistemas de riegos, además de 12 kilómetros destruidos….“No tenemos maquinaria pesada y equipos con los cuales podríamos hacer mucho por la gente porque tenemos pueblos incomunicados como el distrito de Mollepampa, no se ha podido llevar ayuda porque hay lugares bloqueados”, dijo el gobernador. Álvarez recalcó que son tres las provincias de Huancavelica que han sido afectadas gravemente por los fenómenos naturales y que necesitan ayuda urgente son: Angaraes, Huaytará y Castrovirreyna. fuente
The regional governor of Huancavelica reported a total of 2,706 homes have been affected by rains and mudslides, especially in the provinces of Castrovirreyna and Huaytara. 2,416 people have been affected. 37 health facilities affected, 80 schools have collapsed, 450 drinking water systems affected, 167 irrigation systems affected and 12 km destroyed. They do not have heavy machinery. Some places are isolated, and they are not in communication with the district of Mollepampa. Angaraes, Huaytara, and Castrovirreyna need urgent help. source
- Castrovirreyna Province (pop. 20,018)
- 19 Mar: Mollepampa district is cut off by landslides. Photos from province. source
- Huaytara Province
- Tambo District (pop 1,224)
- 19 Mar: Red Cross Peru has activated emergency teams in Tambo source
Ica Region
- Region (pop 779,372)
- 22 Mar: Piden ampliar estado de emergencia en #Ica. [Ver nota] ► https://goo.gl/ovffIo. fuente
Ica Region asks for extension of state of emergency. source
- 116 schools damaged in the region. Source
Arequipa Region
- Arequipa Province (pop 9.7 million) website
- Arequipa (pop 869,351)
- 23 Mar: Aproximadamente el 30% de la población arequipeña no cuenta con agua potable. fuente
Approximately 30% of the population of Arequipa has not potable water. source
- 20 Mar: Groupo Gloria Milk trucks are distributing potable water in Arequipa Source
- 20 Mar: The 300,000 inhabitants of Arequipa supplied drinking water from the treatment plant La Tomilla II, will only have potable water Thursday 23 March. Source
- 17 Mar: 300,000 residents or about 30% of Arequipa is without potable water source
Cusco Region
- Machu Picchu
- 19 Mar: Tourists have been evacuated from Machu Picchu to Cusco because the Urubamba River is raging. Source
Sullana Region
- Sullana Province (pop 201,300) source
- 22 Mar: Las fuertes precipitaciones activaron las diferentes quebradas, además, el Canal Vía, principal acueducto para evacuación de las aguas pluviales, se desbordó en varios puntos de la ciudad inundando numerosas viviendas. Asimismo, sufrieron inundaciones los populosos sectores conocidos como La Videnita, Nuevo Sullana, Villa Primavera, Los Olivos, Quince de Marzo, cuyos pobladores solicitaron ayuda urgente ya que prácticamente lo perdieron todo. fuente
Several parts of the city of Sullana are flooded including La Videnita, Nuevo Sullana, Villa Primavera, Los Olivos, and Quince de Marzo. Many residents have lost everything and need help. source
- 22 Mar: Hospital Sullana I @EsSaludPeru @ppkamigo @HCevallosFlores #ApoyourgenteHospitalSullanaEsSalud. fuente
Hospital Sullana EsSalud needs help. Photo shows it may have flooding. source
- 22 Mar: Dejan aislado los caseríos Riecito y Barrio Sur #Querecotillo en #Sullana. fuente
The hamlets of Riecito and Barrio Sur in Querecotillo District have been isolated by flooding. Source
- 22 Mar: [#ReportaCiudadano] Nos reportan desde Cieneguillo Sur, en #Sullana. Cerca de veinte familias lo han perdido todo y se encuentran aisladas. fuente
About 20 families in Cieneguillo Sur are isolated have lost everything. source
- 21 Mar: “Sullana suffers There is shortage of water.” source
- 20 Mar: Lack of drinking water people take advantage of rainwater source
- 20 Mar: The Sullana plant has been paralyzed therefore no drinking water is being produced. source
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