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PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN 796 DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY DUE TO RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH EL NIÑO
The decree allows emergency response and rehabilitation work as officials say regional capacity has been exceeded.
- On Thursday, Peru declared a 60-day state of emergency across 796 districts, about 40% of the country, to prepare for severe weather risks linked to the 2026-2027 El Niño phenomenon.
- Technical assessments from the National Institute of Civil Defense , supported by the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru and other agencies, concluded that districts face a "very high" risk from forecast heavy rainfall.
- Classified as a Level 4 emergency under the National Disaster Risk Management System , the situation exceeds regional response capacities, requiring coordination from Ministries of Health and Defense with local governments.
- Authorities will finance these measures using existing institutional budgets, requiring no additional resources from the Public Treasury, allowing operations initiated under eight previous emergency declarations to continue without interruption.
- Decree 098-2026-PCM extends the state of emergency for an additional 60 days in several districts within the Ayacucho, Cusco, and Junín departments, taking effect on July 6.
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Peru has placed 800 of its municipalities in a state of emergency in the face of the "imminent danger" of heavy rains associated with the natural climate phenomenon El Niño, the government announced on Thursday.
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The central objective of the measure is to coordinate and implement immediate actions to reduce the very high risk involved.
More than 9.3 million Peruvians at high risk of floods and landslides
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