Piura, northern Peru: Fourteen have died in all of Piura, 1,800 houses have been destroyed and 3,550 damaged. While agriculture has been almost abandoned, trees are growing rapidly, restoring forests. Food such as rice, sugar and oil are in short supply as is kerosene for cooking. Forty percent of roads are damaged.--based on a report by Maiser@mail.inictel.gob.pe VIA Fenomeno del NINO <nino@inictel.gob.pe>