"Lima had 33 degrees celsius. Marcona, near Nazca had 40 degrees, but with a thermic sensation of 45. From southern Dept. Lima on the coast to Chilean border there is a drought. It keeps raining heavily in from Depts. Tumbes and Piura through Trujillo south to just north of the Dept. Lima. Roads are again impassable in multiple places. In the city of Cajamarca a landslide inundated a resort hotel, villages and reached the 'Baños del Inca' (Inca baths). In Cuzco below Macchu Picchu a landslide blocked the Vilcanota river which backup and submerged the Macchu Picchu hydroelectric power plant. People are still being rescued from the forested mountains. The lack of electricity will have a strong impact in three southern departments. The rio Huallaga has inundated agricultural lowlands near Tocache, Tarapoto and other localities.
People are not going to the beaches in droves on the weekends as is usual. Apparently they are trying to avoid the conjunctivitis epidemic.
Saw on TV parts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, heavily inundated. In parts the river crested 6 m above normal."-- Manuel Plenge <MAPlenge@southernperu.com.pe>