Peru declares a state of emergency in 40% of the country due to rains caused by El Niño

The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency in 796 districts - around 40% of the country's total - due to the imminent risk of heavy rains associated with the El Niño climate phenomenon, according to a decree published this Thursday (2).
The measure, lasting 60 days, allows the government to adopt extraordinary actions and measures to reduce the risk considered "very high" faced by the affected districts.
The state of emergency, established by a decree signed by the outgoing president José Maria Balcazar, covers regions such as Lima, Cusco and Arequipa.
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Regional and local governments will be responsible for implementing emergency measures in coordination with national authorities, according to the decree.
The actions adopted during the state of emergency will be financed with the existing budgets of the institutions involved, without the need for additional resources from the Public Treasury.
El Niño is a phenomenon climate characterized by the warming of surface waters in the Pacific Ocean, which alters global climate patterns, causing drought in some food-producing regions and more intense rains in others.
El Niño should cause significant changes in the rainfall and temperature regime
El Niño should persist and raises alert for drought in Espírito Santo

Source: G1