Overview
- Authorities report at least 20 fatalities after the Piraí River overflowed, with dozens unaccounted for as searches expand.
- Flooding hit El Torno and Colpa Bélgica hardest, with impacts also reported in other Santa Cruz communities.
- Santa Cruz declared a departmental disaster and the presidency set up a crisis room, with the president preparing a national emergency request.
- More than 2,000 families have been affected; 281 people were airlifted and the navy evacuated about 360 residents as operations intensified.
- Senamhi maintains a red alert for the Piraí and warns of possible overflows on the Maniquí River, while officials caution the toll may rise with further heavy rains forecast.