24 APRIL 1998. PERU: IMPACT (SUMMARY)

El Comercio reported a summary of damage to Peruvian infrastructure:

1.Maximum temperatures and variation from normal (C)
 
Tumbes 32.5 +1.5
Piura 33.4 -1.1
Chiclayo 32.5 +2.4
Trujillo 29.5 +4,0
Chimbote 30.7 +3.2
Callao 31.0 +5.0
 

2.Average precipitation in mm compared to ENSO 88/89
 
Tumbes 701.4 34.3
Piura 623.9 5.4
Chiclayo 202.2 2.4
 

3.Agricultural Damage compared to El Nin~o of 82/83.
 
  (97/98) (82/83)
Hectares lost 42,738 192,825
Hectares damaged 75,579 442,623
 

4. Damage to Education Infrastructure
 
Category Destroyed Needing repair
Pre-school 58 199
Primary 236 587
Secondary 29 102
Other 4 13
TOTAL 327 901
The departments most affected were Piura (294 locales), La libertad (265), Tumbes (168) and Ancash (145).

5. Damage to Health Infrastructure

Victims

107,296 homeless

171 killed

108 hurt

114 missing

Diseases (cases):

168,575 acute diarrhea

7,868 confirmed cholera

5,757 unconfirmed cholera

238,561 acute respiratory

11,241 pneumonia

31,103 malaria

394 dengue

Health Centers

5 destroyed

162 damaged

6. Roads and Communications Infrastructure

Bridges

5 destroyed

162 damaged

Roads Affected
 
Category destroyed damaged
Blacktop 155 692
hardened 394 4.639  
unimproved 335 1.062  
 

Kilometers of train rail destroyed:
 
Central 5
Southeast 51.7
 

7. Dwellings damaged or destroyed:
 
according to Defensa Civil 21,803
according to El INEI 81,648
 

8. Damage to Historical and Archeological Sites:

Totally Destroyed Historical and Archeological Sites:

Huaca El Loro (Lambayeque).

Partially Damaged Historical and Archeological Sites:

Pampas de Nazca (Nazca).

Huaca Las Ventanas (Lambayeque).

C.A. Batan Grande (Lambayeque).

Huaca La Palma (Tumbes).

C.A. Sillustani (Puno).

Huaca del Sol (La Libertad).

C.A. Mocollope (La Libertad).

Huaca Narihuala (Piura).

Iglesia San Martin de Sechura (Piura).

Iglesia del Carmen (Piura).

Iglesia de San Fransisco (Piura).

Iglesia de La Merced en Paita (Piura).

Iglesia S.C. de Jesus de Colan (Piura).

9.- Damage to Fishery Infrastructure

Puerto Pizarro (Tumbes)

La Islilla (Piura)

Yacila (Piura)

Samanco (Ancash)

Casma (Ancash)

Pisco (Ica)

Tambio de Mora (Ica)

Fisheries Landings in Metric Tons
 
Fishery Metric Tons Reduction (%)
Anchoveta
800
99.9
Perico
18,347
226.6
Mackerel
4,034
498.5
octopus
716
234.6
herring
57
96.7
Cojinova
163
90.7
Merluza
1,286
87.8
Jurel 
11,316
64
Bonito
267
49.2
mullet
5.191
34.8
 

10. Maximum volume of rivers in M3 per second.
 
Tumbes 2.700
Piura 4.424
Ica 640
 

11. Energy Infrastructure in millions of dollars (US)
 
Hydroelectric at Aricota I y II (Tacna) 4
Hydroelectric at Machu Picchu (Cusco) 110
Hydroelectric at Huampani (Lima) NA
Hydroelectric at La Pelota (Cajamarca) NA
 

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