RSOE Emergency and Disaster Information Service

Situation Update No. 2

Posted:2010-03-02, 12:55:48 [UTC]

Ref.no.: FF-20100302-25174-PER

Situation Update No. 2
On 2010-03-04 at 19:05:48 [UTC]

Event: Flash Flood
Location: Peru Cusco Region District of Taray Cochahuasi

Number of Deads: 8 person(s)
Number of Missing: 20 person(s)

At least seven deaths and several flooded houses is the result of another flood that took place yesterday in the Cusco district of Pisac, where the Quitamayo river surged and flooded all the area. Jorge Béjar Gonzales, province prosecutor in Calca, pointed out that in addition to the three victims found in the Taray bridge, a woman was rescued near the Quitamayo bridge, but she died afterwards while in the local hospital. These victims, Hilda Quinto Quispe, 24, Benedicta Condori, 46, and Genara Huayta Aquino, had been doing cleaning works on the Quitamayo river bed when the sudden surge took them by surprise. Some 17 workers from Construyendo Peru were working in the river when the flood came and swept them away. Quitamayo river is a tributary of the Vilcanota river.