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Landslides and Debris Flows Cut Key Roads in Peru’s Central Highlands

Ongoing downpours sustain slide risk across Peru’s central highlands, complicating repair work, disrupting travel.

Overview

  • Intense rains in the central highlands triggered landslides and fast‑moving debris flows that blocked routes in Huánuco and Huancavelica.
  • In Huánuco, boulders crushed a car on the HuánucoLauricocha road toward Margos, yet all four people escaped moments earlier and two had minor injuries.
  • Elsewhere in Huánuco, huaicos closed the PozuzoCodo de Pozuzo road, and Provías Nacional is reinforcing the eroded PE‑14A at Aray to keep traffic moving for about 22,000 users.
  • On the HuancayoAyacucho highway in Huancavelica, a huaico at kilometer 290 halted traffic as the CASA road consortium deployed heavy machinery to clear the pavement.
  • COER Huancavelica said damage and needs are being logged in the national SINPAD system, and it urged drivers to avoid the area and plan alternate routes as SENAMHI maintains a high alert for more slides.