Peru Landslides Mar 1987 UNDRO Information Report 1

UNDRO 87/0530

PERU - LANDSLIDES
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
12 MARCH 1987

1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE HAS REPORTED THAT HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED MUDSLIDES AND OVERFLOWING OF THE RIMAC RIVER. EVENTS STARTED ON 9 MARCH AND HAVE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED SUBURBAN AREAS OF LIMA, AND SMALL TOWNS LOCATED RIBERA. (LIMA DEPARTMENT).

2. TO DATE 3,000 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED HOMELESS, 11 DEAD AND AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER MISSING. PARTS OF THE MAIN CENTRAL HIGHWAY LINKING LIMA WITH THE COAST AND CENTRAL ANDES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.

3. THE CIVIL DEFENCE ASSISTED BY THE MILITARY ENGAGED IN
ASSESSING DAMAGE AND RESTORING ROADS. THE GOVERNMENT AND RED CROSS DISTRIBUTING FOOD AND SHELTER. MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS UNDERTAKING A MASSIVE VACCINATION CAMPAIGN TO COUNTER POSSIBLE EPIDEMIC OUTBREAKS.

4. NO REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE SO FAR.

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148 +

DPR 310 PER)