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Peru: Flooding Situation Report No. 09 (as of 14 August 2023)

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This report is prepared by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), in collaboration with the Office of the Resident Coordinator, the agencies, funds and programs of the United Nations System, information from member organisations of the National Humanitarian Network (NHN) and information provided by the Government of Peru. It covers the period from 25 June to 10 August.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • With 100 per cent of damage records tallied, the Government reports 839,760 people in need since the start of the rainy season in January, an increase of 38,335 people since Situation Report No. 8 (10 July). Of this group, 123,691 people have been rendered homeless and 716,069 affected. Additionally, 48,903 houses are reported destroyed or uninhabitable.

  • Food, water, sanitation and hygiene services, health, protection and the situation of 1,304 people in 24 shelters, both official and makeshift, remain priority needs, according to the NHN Shelter Sector Working Group.

  • The ongoing dengue epidemic, fuelled by the impact of torrential rains and a major heat wave in Peru, has reached a record 147,884 confirmed cases, 82,325 probable cases and 398 deaths - the highest dengue fever death rate per capita in the Americas. The infection curve has been decreasing for 11 consecutive weeks, although the average weekly increase in cases is still higher than in previous years.

  • On 11 August, the Multisectoral Commission in charge of the National Study of the El Niño Phenomenon (ENFEN), a governmental body, confirmed that the Coastal El Niño will continue until summer 2024, with a probability of moderate to heavy rainfall, as a consequence of a high probability of El Niño development in the Central Pacific. Moreover, strong warm conditions are confirmed until at least November 2024.

  • The Government extended their State of Emergency due to El Niño in 18 regions of the country to enable regional and local governments to take preventative actions to mitigate the effects of heavy rains.

  • The implementation of emergency response projects backed by the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is progressing according to plan. To date, about 20 per cent of the funds have been implemented and almost 50 per cent of additional funds have been committed.

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