Tuesday, February 7, 2023 | 9:16 p.m.
At least 40 people died and a dozen were injured as a result of land displacements that occurred in various towns in the province of Camaná, Arequipa region, in southern Peru.
Wilson Gutiérrez, Civil Defense official of the Mariano Nicolás Valcárcel municipality, confirmed to the RPP radio station that some 200 prefabricated houses were devastated by the avalanche in Secocha, one of the main affected towns.
In this context, the regional governor of Arequipa, Rohel Sánchez, confirmed that relief brigades are on the way to help with rescue tasks and humanitarian aid goods to care for the nearly 2,000 affected families.
The rains caused landslides that devastated neighborhoods in the south of the country. Several people wait in hospitals to recognize the bodies.
Meanwhile, he did not rule out that the number of fatalities will rise in the next few hours, given that a lot of mining activity takes place on the affected hills.
