Overview
- Early July reports from the national meteorological service show El Niño Costero remains active with winter temperatures above normal and an alert in force through summer 2027.
- CENEPRED risk maps identify more than 846,000 hectares in the Piura region at high or very high risk of landslides and flooding, concentrating exposure in Bajo Piura and nearby provinces.
- The Ministry of Housing has opened a coordination roadmap with regional and local officials and PECHP is doing a topobathymetric survey of the Piura River to design a channel guide and produce a technical file for imminent interventions.
- Execution and approvals are lagging: the Autoridad Nacional de Infraestructura has spent roughly 36% of budget for older disaster projects and ANA’s emergency fiche to install geobags remains pending, delaying river defenses residents are demanding.
- Scientists say coastal rains usually need sea-surface temperatures near 28°C but current readings are about 25°C, so heavy coastal precipitation is expected later in the season and experts warn a multi-year climate anomaly could extend impacts through 2028–2030.