The province of Oxapampa, in the Pasco regionis going through a road emergency after two massive landslides that left the districts of Pozuzo and Huancabamba. The intense rainfall recorded in the central jungle has caused the total collapse of the main access roads without alternative routes for circulation.
The first disaster was recorded this morning of Tuesday, January 13, at approximately 07:00 a.m., in the Huampal sector of the Pozuzo district. The landslide buried hundreds of linear meters of the National Road Network, completely blocking vehicular traffic in one of the main accesses to the area.
Walter Tiza, coordinator of the Pasco Regional Emergency Operations Center (COER)confirmed that the magnitude of the collapse prevents any possibility of passage, generating a critical situation for transporters and the local population.
High risk scenes on the blocked road
Despair due to isolation has led drivers of small vehicles and pedestrians to try to cross the disaster zone by walking over the rubble, putting their lives at risk due to the possibility of new landslides. The COER Pasco warned that physical security is not guaranteed in this affected section.
Although coordination has already begun with Provías for the deployment of heavy machinery, the teams carrying out cleaning tasks have not been able to establish an estimated time for the reopening of the highway. Dozens of passengers and transporters remain stranded amid adverse weather conditions.
Huancabamba also affected
The second critical point is located in the district of Huancabamba, specifically in the Purumayo sector, where another landslide affected several linear meters of the PA-661 local road. Traffic on this route is also completely interrupted, aggravating the situation of lack of communication in the province.
Local authorities coordinate the support of heavy machinery to clear both affected sectors, while the incident data has already been recorded in the Sinpad system for official monitoring of the emergency.
Given the emergency situation, COER Pasco authorities urged travelers not to try to cross the collapse zones recklessly, warning about the high risk posed by traveling through areas where the terrain remains unstable and vulnerable to new collapses.
