Reuters and Nandonet (http://www.nando.net) report 17 dead and 450 houses destroyed following a massive landslide at Santa Teresa and Yanatile near Machu Picchu. The Peruvian army, hampered by clouds in the mountain valleys, is undertaking relief operations, but survivors claim they remain with little food or shelter, while afraid to return to their homes because of the threat of future slides. The slides followed three nights of rain, sweeping through two towns and several villages, leaving behind several meters of mud covering homes. Tourism at Machu Picchu continues, as the rail link to Cuzco is intact. The army reopened the link from Machu Picchu to Santa Teresa. Damage from the 1997/98 ENSO to date in Peru is more than 40 dead and $12 million in property.--via C. W. Gilbert <blazing@igc.apc.org>