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Peru

Peru: Cold Wave (as of 1 Aug 2012) - Location Map [EN/ES]

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1 Aug 2012 - More than 30,113 people have been affected by extreme cold weather, where temperatures reached below 0ºC. In Arequipa, acute respiratory infections affected nearly 15,000 people and pneumonia disease killed 152 people.

Link: REDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies Latin America & the Caribbean - Year 5 – Volume 261
REDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 5 - Volume 266
Arequipa: seven more deaths from pneumonia because of the intense cold in the region

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