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Situation Analysis
Since December 2016, the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has affected Peru, causing heavy rainfall, floods, landslides, hail and electric storms. Although the impact has been particularly serious in the northern coastal regions, levels of affectation are reported in all 24 of the country’s departments. In March, the Peruvian government issued declarations of emergencies districts of the following 11 departments: Ica, Lima, Huancavelica, Arequipa, Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque, Loreto, Ancash, Cajamarca and La Libertad. The government additionally declared a health emergency in seven of these departments: Lambayeque, Piura, Tumbes, Ica, Ancash, Cajamarca and La Libertad.
The National Institute for Civil Defence (INDECI), as of 21 April, reports a combined number of 1.2 million people (of which close to a third are children and adolescents) who have been affected and severely affected. This disaster, which has caused 114 deaths and 18 people who remain missing, continues to disrupt the normal activities of children, adolescents, adults and the elderly in the affected regions. While 59 schools have collapsed and 113 cannot be used, another 2,150 have been damaged. A combined total of 770 health centres have been damaged, collapsed or cannot be used.
In addition to health needs, livelihoods and food security issues are challenges. INDECI reports that 60,667 hectares of crops have been damaged and an additional 25,152 hectares have been destroyed, in addition to the uncounted numbers of independent workers whose livelihoods have been disrupted due to this disaster.
According to forecasts, the El Niño coastal phenomenon could continue in moderation until the end of April. This situation could cause an increase of the number of the people affected people as well as the continuation of the state of emergency.
Shelter; water, sanitation and hygiene; health; food security; and livelihoods continue to be pressing humanitarian needs.