11 FEBRUARY 1998. PERU: IMPACT

Andrew Cawthorne (Reuters) states that President Alberto Fujimori announced that more than 200 people are believed dead in Peru since the beginning of ENSO conditions of heavy rain, flooding and landslides. At least 234,000 people are homeless with 14,000 homes destroyed. In Ica alone, 100,000 people had to evacuate their homes following flooding.

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