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 by Staff Writers Lima (AFP) April 18, 2017
The death toll from flooding and mudslides plaguing Peru since the start of the year has risen to 113 people, including five killed last weekend, officials said Tuesday. The natural disasters, which scientists blame on a climate phenomenon called "coastal El Nino," have also left more than 178,000 people homeless, the National Center for Emergency Operations said in its latest update. Another one million people's homes have been partly damaged, and more than 2,500 kilometers (1,500 miles) of roads have been destroyed. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has said the South American country will need some $9 billion to rebuild and modernize the affected areas. Heavy rains have been lashing Peru all year, triggering flash floods and landslides known in the indigenous Quechua language as "huaycos." The problem has also struck Colombia, where three rivers flooded and sent a wall of mud and boulders smashing into the southern town of Mocoa on March 31, killing 323 people, including more than 100 children, according to a new toll Tuesday. Scientists say the extreme weather is being caused by a localized warming of the Pacific Ocean along the South American coast. It causes effects similar to the "El Nino" ocean warming phenomenon that wreaks havoc on weather patterns in the Americas every few years.
At least 35 dead in Iran floods; Quake rattles northern ChileTehran (AFP) April 15, 2017 At least 35 people were killed and eight declared missing as flash floods hit northwestern Iran, state media reported on Saturday. "Thirty-five people have been killed in the floods" across four provinces, the head of Iran's emergency response organisation, Esmail Najar, told the ISNA news agency. Torrential rains that began on Friday lashed East Azerbaijan province, with state televisio ... read more Related Links Bringing Order To A World Of Disasters When the Earth Quakes A world of storm and tempest
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