00:01Heavy rains battered Peru's capital, Lima, over the weekend, flooding homes, cutting off roads and forcing the suspension of in
00:09-person classes in several affected areas.
00:12The downpours caused water and sewage systems to collapse across three districts in southern Lima, leaving dozens of homes and
00:20roads submerged.
00:21For residents, the flooding has left homes and belongings severely damaged.
00:30I was losing everything. I came to work and maybe I couldn't, like the neighbors, resguard some things because I'm
00:36alone with my little children.
00:37Thank God they haven't been there, but it's still going to start from zero because...
00:42I've lost my furniture, my frigiders, my children just gave me for the day of the mother.
00:50The kitchen, everything, all of them are new, my artifacts that just gave me for the day of the mother.
00:58It's all gone. It's all gone. It's all gone. It's all gone.
01:02I don't have anything to put in there because it's all gone.
01:05President Keiko Fujimori visited the flood-hit areas on Monday, meeting residents and assessing the damage as authorities worked to
01:13restore essential services.
01:14The mayor of Lima, Renzo Reggiardo, said emergency measures were being taken to protect children and other vulnerable residents from
01:23health risks posed by the flooding.
01:24I've invited the minister of the house to put a campaign hospital and they can't be able to help children
01:32and the most vulnerable people who could be in an epidemic.
01:35Because now that comes.
01:37The second thing is that the mayor of CEAPAL has been activated, and that has been offered by the mayor
01:40of CEAPAL, the insurance that the institution has,
01:43to be able not only to do the cleaning works, but also to remove some damage, objects, materials that may
01:51have been lost.
01:52Authorities have suspended classes in the affected areas as a precaution, while emergency teams assess the damage and work to
01:59restore water and sanitation services.
02:03Further south, in the regions of Arequipa and Moquegua, heavy rain has also triggered river overflows and landslides, forcing the
02:11closure of several sections of the coastal highway.
02:14The affected region is also home to some of Peru's major mining operations.
02:28Concerns
02:28The End
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