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At least 36 our bodies had been recovered in a distant sector in Camana province and among the many lifeless have been 5 individuals who have been using in a van that was pushed right into a river by a surge of mud.
(AP)
Landslides triggered by regular rains have swept mud, water and rocks into a number of villages in southern Peru, killing not less than 36 individuals, AP news company reported on Tuesday.
Wilson Gutierrez, a civil defence official within the Mariano Nicolás Valcárcel municipality in Camana province, informed radio station RPP on Monday that 36 our bodies had been recovered in a distant sector known as Miski.
Among the lifeless have been 5 individuals who have been using in a van that was pushed right into a river by a surge of mud.
Local officers appealed for heavy equipment to be despatched in to clear particles blocking three kilometres (practically two miles) of an essential street.
Civil defence officers mentioned an estimated 630 houses have been unusable after the landslides, which additionally hit bridges, irrigation canals and roads.
Constant rains are frequent in February in Peru and sometimes trigger lethal landslides.
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Source: AP
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