Rains in Lima: Senamhi warns that the activation of flows will continue

The National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology of Peru (Senamhi) reported that wacos the events that have taken place in recent days in the gorges of the department of Lima have changed their course.

The statement indicated that the soils are oversaturated due to rainfall, which contributes to rapid runoff. Therefore, today it would beto new stream activationmainly in the river basin. Rimac, such as those located in Saint Eulalia and Chosika.

Indeed, landslides in Pedegral, Rayo de Sol, Inca Cola and Santa Eulalia intensified this afternoon after heavy rains in Chosik.

Similarly, Senamhi argued that the reactivation of the ravine at Punta Hermosa would likely take place this Sunday the 19th.

preparations

Therefore, he recommended that citizens take precautions in this case, staying away from the zone of influence.

Peru’s National Meteorological and Hydrological Service also said that moderate to heavy rain is expected to continue in the coming days, according to weather warning No. 53 for precipitation on the northern coast and in the mountains.

specialists senamhi They explained that this is due to the fact that the humidity is concentrated in the middle and upper part of the western slopes.

For its part, Indeci, given the warning of moderate to heavy precipitation (snow, hail, sleet and rain) in the departments of Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Ica, Junin, La Libertad, Lima, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura, Puno, Tacna and Tumbes, which will appear from Sunday March 19 to Monday March 20, called on local and/or regional authorities to verify that evacuation routes are cleared and properly signposted to direct the population to a safe area and away from the riverbed or streams, as landslides and mudflows can occur; and the availability of medical centers, fire departments, and police stations in the jurisdiction in case of an emergency.

Likewise, he asked the population to protect and strengthen the roof of their houses, and to install an early warning system using whistles, bells, alarms, sirens or loudspeakers, in agreement with the local authorities.

The situation of a possible El Niño phenomenon

Patricio Valderrama, former head senamhiwarned of “shortening the frequency” of catastrophic weather events due to warming seas, which could trigger a global El Niño event with serious consequences for vulnerable countries such as Peru.

Speaking to the program Everything is known from RPP Newsrecalled that recent events Boy occurred in 1998 and 2017 – 19 years apart – and that just six years after the last, Peru is experiencing the effects of a warming sea and the passage Cyclone Yaku near the Peruvian coast.

Valderrama pointed out that the anomalous warming of the Peruvian Sea, which is characterized by its cold waters, was recorded between February and March. Yaku The effects of this change were exacerbated by heavy rains along the north coast and in the center of the country.

On the other hand, he mentioned the possibility that Coastal child next year and calculated that there may be conditions for this phenomenon to become global.

He noted that there is a trend towards warming Pacific currents, which could lead to Child important”, such as 1998 or 1983, “the worst in our history”.