The Minister for Foreign Relations, Yván Gil, extended this Saturday his solidarity with the government and the people of Peru, after the heavy flooding that has occurred in the Andean country in recent days.
Through his account on the social network Twitter, Gil extended his condolences to the relatives of the victims.
Specifically, the rains this Friday left a balance of six people dead.
“We express our solidarity with the people and the Government of the Republic of Peru, and we extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of the heavy rainfall that occurred in the affected regions as a result of Cyclone Yaku,” he wrote on the social network.
This Friday, the appointed Government of Peru announced a decree to declare a state of emergency from the metropolitan area of Lima to the region of Tumbes, in the north, due to the intense rains that will be recorded in the coming days.
The National Institute of Civil Defense, meanwhile, issued a report in which it detailed that since the beginning of the rainy season, last November, at least 58 people have been killed, 57 injured and eight missing.
In addition, 8,222 victims have been recorded, 420 homes destroyed, 2,509 uninhabitable and 14,000 affected.
