PERU: About 100 homes and several hectares of bananas and cocoa crops were damaged after the Aucayacu River burst its banks overnight

Record ID: 333256

  • Title: PERU: About 100 homes and several hectares of bananas and cocoa crops were damaged after the Aucayacu River burst its banks overnight
  • Date: 25th May 2012
  • Summary: LIMA, PERU (MAY 24, 2012) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) TERESA GARCIA, METEOROLOGIST WITH THE NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE (SENAMHI), SAYING: "The floods in the Crespo and Castillo district in the Huanuco area of the Amazon was caused by the arrival of tropical aid from Brazil. It arrived on the eastern part of the Andes mountains, crashed and was stimulated to rise up and the clouds grew. The development caused the clouds to rain not just in the Aucayacu zone but at the Aucayacu River basin."
  • Embargoed: 9th June 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Peru
  • Country: Peru
  • Topics: Disasters,Environment
  • Reuters ID: LVAUQMEZ01PS0M9FLJRO3OPJRI7
  • Story Text: The Aucayacu River burst its banks in the early hours of Thursday (May 24), damaging over 100 houses and several hectares of bananas and cocoa crops.
    Local officials said the Aucayacu River burst its bank at approximately five in the morning, surprising residents in several nearby towns.
    Throughout the day, residents living along the river struggled to rescue their belongings.
    Civil Defence officials helped residents evacuate and evaluated damage in the area.
    Peruvian Civil Defence is maintaining an alert over the area until the rains stop and the high water levels of the Aucayacu River begin to decrease.
    The Leoncio Prado Province is one of eleven provinces of the Huanuco Region in Peru, 479 Kilometres from capital Lima, an area of 300.13 square kilometres and an elevation of 3,278 m above sea level.
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