: People inspect damages after Huaycoloro river overflowed and flooded the area of Carapongo, a few kilometers from Lima, Peru on March 16, 2017. Heavy rain have caused flooding in many parts of the country and has left 62 dead and thousand homeless.
Unusually heavy rainfalls caused floods and mudslides that caused havoc in many areas of the country, especially in the northern parts of Peru.
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President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said late on Wednesday that authorities were prepared to provide shelter and relief to those left homeless.
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The intense rains and mudslides over the past three days have wreaked havoc around the Andean nation.
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The new floods and mudslides over the past three days followed a series of other storms.
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Schools nationwide have suspended classes.
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: People inspect damages after Huaycoloro river overflowed and flooded the area of Carapongo, a few kilometers from Lima, Peru on March 16, 2017. Heavy rain have caused flooding in many parts of the country and has left 62 dead and thousand homeless.
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Authorities said they expect the rains caused by El Nino, which generates a warming of surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean, to continue for another two weeks.
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Mud left by a flood after Huaycoloro river overflowed in the area of Carapongo, a few kilometers from Lima, Peru on March 16, 2017.
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Kids walk in floodwater after Huaycoloro river overflowed and flooded the area of Carapongo, a few kilometers from Lima, Peru on March 16, 2017. Heavy rain have caused flooding in many parts of the country and has left 62 dead and thousand homeless.
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