Peru: floods and landslides
Situation Report Nº 02
The UNDAC Team in Lima prepares this report. It is developed in collaboration with the partners from the Humanitarian Country Team. It covers the period from March 19th to 22th, 2017. The next report will be published around March 26th, 2017
Summary
12 departments have been declared under state of Emergency due to the impact of rainfall and one due to imminent danger after the gradual increase in the flow of Amazonian rivers. The state of Emergency covers 748 counties from 1800. 7 departments have been declared under state of Sanitary Emergency due to worsening health risks. The National Humanitarian Network, led by the National Institute of Civil Defense (INDECI) and the United Nations System in Peru, has activated its emergency protocol in order to complement state response. A UNDAC team composed by 10 international experts has been deployed to support the United Nations country team with coordination and information management issues. The Prime Minister chairs the meetings of the National Disaster Risk Management Council (CONAGERD) in the context of the emergency.
Overview of the situation Persistent rains continue in the northern and central parts of the country. The National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (SENAMHI) has declared a red alert for heavy rains on the north and central coast of the country until Saturday, March 25th.The latest report of the National Institute of Civil Defense (INDECI) reports 111,283 severely affected, 672,892 affected, 270 injured, 20 missing and 85 people killed. The highest numbers of deaths are recorded in the departments of Arequipa (17), La Libertad (13), Ayacucho and Cusco (8 in each region), Huancavelica, Piura, Cajamarca and Lima (6 in each region), Ancash and Lambayeque (3 in each region), Junin (2) and Huanuco, Moquegua, Pasco, Puno, San Martin and Tacna (1 in each region). Regarding social infrastructure, 13,072 homes have collapsed, 14,014 are uninhabitable and 153,329 have been affected. In addition, 35 educational institutions have collapsed, 416 are uninhabitable and 1,256 are affected. 11 health facilities have collapsed, 17 are uninhabitable and 70 are affected. The Emergency Operations Center (COE Health) reports that staff of the Ministry of Health (MINSA) have carried out 13,172 care services in 370 districts of eleven regions declared in emergency. In addition, it reports that of the 3,722 health facilities that are in the emergency zones, about 99% are operational and supplied with essential medicines. Concerning road infrastructure, 2,192 km of road have been destroyed and 4,286 km are partially affected. In addition, 933 km of rural roads have been destroyed and 4,999 km are partially affected. 195 bridges have been destroyed and 319 are affected by torrential rains on a national scale. This situation has generated limitations in terrestrial transportation and has affected the connection between populations. In the department of La Libertad, intense rains activated the San Idelfonso creek and flooded the city of Trujillo again. This is the seventh similar episode occurring in Trujillo during the rainy season. The President of the Republic, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, is visiting the affected areas; in recent days he visited the region of La Libertad, in order to verify the state of the emergency, as well as to evaluate the progress of the actions provided by his Government to care for the victims. On the 22nd, he arrived in Huarmey (department of Ancash) to supervise the response of the local and regional government. As of Monday, March 20th, the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) Team is located in Peru. The 10-member UNDAC Team has established its operations center at the United Nations facilities in Peru. Missions have been deployed to the most affected areas of the departments of Piura, Lambayeque and Lima until 27th March for the coordination of the Multi- Sector Initial Rapid Assessment MIRA) in conjunction with members of the National Humanitarian Network. The analysis of the evaluation will make it possible to determine the severity of the crisis and the priority areas of attention.
Humanitarian response
National response. The national response is led by the Prime Minister, who chairs the meetings of the National Disaster Risk Management Council in the context of the emergency. The Ministry of Defense leads the National Emergency Operations Center and conducts, through INDECI, emergency care in coordination with regional and local governments.
The logistics for humanitarian assistance are carried out by the Armed Forces, at the land, sea and air level. A total of 24,164 military personnel have been deployed to respond to the emergency, of which 6,164 are working in direct actions, 1,800 are available in rotation and 16,200 in support of operations. International response. Although there is no requirement for international aid from the government, several countries in the region have sent the following assistance bilaterally:
ORIGIN OF AID TYPE OF HELP OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Argentina 1 C-130 Hercules aircraft for passengers transportation, water treatment experts, provision of water purification tablets to treat 8 million liters of water and 1,000 blankets Brazil 1 C-130 Hercules aircraft to service airlift victims Colombia 4 helicopters, 1 C-130 Hercules aircraft, 1000 food kits, 1000 hygiene kits, 3000 blankets and 5000 tents Ecuador Helicopters with 3000 food servings and 30000 liters of water. Chile 1 C-130 Hercules aircraft and 18 tons of blankets, cleaning supplies, food and water DONATIONS REPORTED BY MEDIA USA 525 thousand dollars for water and sanitation Uruguay 3 water purification units and technical personnel for operation and training Paraguay 10 tons of rice and 1000 personal cleansing and cleaning kits
Emergency Alojamiento de Emergencia, Albergues/Centros Colectivos
Damage and needs: 13,072 houses collapsed, 14, 014 uninhabitable homes and 53, 329 homes affected. Affected families demand needs filling and / or leveling of land around their homes. Response: 34 shelters have been set up in 6 provinces of La Libertad. Schools, churches, town squares and ground terminals are being enabled with water, food and mattresses. The Regional Emergency Operations Center of Lambayeque has installed 15 shelters for around 336 families. The vast majority of affected families are being housed in homes of relatives and neighbors.
Gaps/Restrictions/Limitations: In the process of identification.
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Damage and needs: UNICEF reports that most water and sanitation systems in the affected areas have collapsed. The water supply in most areas remains suspended. In addition, there are other areas that are suffering the indirect impact of floods. This means that the water service through public network is partially suspended due to the difficulty of the purification process at “La Atarjea” treatment plant, which supplies water to 27 districts in Lima. To date, water supply is being gradually restored in 17 districts, while 10 other districts remain without access. Sewerage networks in cities affected have being significantly damaged, increasing the health hazard to the population. Also, there is wide concern about the potential increase in water related illnesses and mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and zika, all of which prosper due to water stagnation. Solid Waste management is partially suspended, adding to the health hazard in the affected areas. In a joint visit by UNICEF and the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP) to the area of Carapongo (district of Chosica) in the rural area of Lima, sanitation and hygiene needs were observed. The public company providing water services in Arequipa (SEDAPAR) informed that 90% of the population in the city has problems with the supply of drinking water. The turbidity level in the Chili river exceeds the treatment capacity of their systems. The shortage of drinking water in Trujillo, caused by the rupture of the mother channel at Chavimochic Special Project, is currently affecting 426, 000 users.
Response: UNICEF has supported the Ministry of Education (MINEDU) in the elaboration of leaflets to detect and prevent the proliferation of mosquitoes. It has also committed the delivery of 50,000 chlorine tablets for water treatment and 570 chlorine comparators for monitoring water quality to the Ministry of Health. OXFAM, at the request of the regional government of Lambayeque, has delivered water reservoirs and latrines. It also committed delivering water and sanitation supplies to care for 2,000 people. PREDES, a local NGO, and PAHO have submitted technical staff to make the damage and needs assessment in the regions of Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque and La Libertad. SEDAPAR, in coordination with the regional government and the municipalities of Arequipa, is distributing drinking water in 40 tankers. The regional government of Lambayeque has 74 motor pumps. The Ministry of Housing, Sanitation and Construction delivered 42 extra motor pumps.
Gaps/Restrictions/Limitations: There is a need to strengthen communication with messages for to the responsible use and care of water as well as waste management. The Sectorial Group for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene from the National Humanitarian Network is performing damage and needs assessments to fully determine the gaps to attend.
Agriculture and Food Security
Damage and needs: Concerning cultivable land, 25,298 hectares have been affected and 11 802 hectares of crops have been lost. The affectation in irrigation infrastructure reaches 771 km of destroyed irrigation channels and 3,117 km of irrigation channels partially affected. The National Water Authority (ANA) reported that damages to the hydraulic infrastructure of the country amount to 93 million soles (approximately 28.5 million dollars) as a result of the rains, landslides and floods. According to ANA, 150,000 farmers have being affected, mainly in Tumbes, Piura, La Libertad, Lambayeque and Ancash. Response: In addition to the delivery of 1,000 soles (300 dollars) per hectare to affected farmers, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MINAGRI) is putting together legal devices to expand coverage of the Agricultural Catastrophic Insurance for all the country (mainly Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque and La Libertad) with a 100% subsidy from the state. WFP provides aid to 388 families in Sechura (Piura), implementing modules for livelihood protection and food production. The San Ignacio de Loyola University donated five tons of food for the affected population in Lima and the northern regions of the country. Farmers in the province of Anta (Cusco) donated 23 thousand kilos of potatoes of different varieties, beans and cereals for the victims. In Lima, the food supply has been restored, after a total of 6,500 tons of food was added to the Wholesale Market in Lima. This benefits the regularization and decreasing of food prices. Gaps/Restrictions/Limitations:
FAO, in coordination with WFP, other UN agencies and humanitarian partners from the Humanitarian Network are conducting field visits to determine the major areas and crops most affected. The People’s Ombudsman has submitted a bill to punish acts of speculation or hoarding of goods and services in emergencies.
Food Aid and Nutrition
Damage and needs: The information regarding food and nutrition needs will be evaluated until March 29th as part of the UNDAC mission, through WFP and members of the Food Safety and nutrition Sectorial Group. It is estimated that there are more than 111,000 people (about 26,000 families) in need of food assistance because they have lost their homes and livelihoods. Based on information from INDECI, updated to March 19th, UNICEF has estimated that 71,000 children under the age of 5 and 21,000 children under 2 have been affected. Given the adequate feeding needs for these ages, nutritional support to this highly vulnerable group is a special concern.
Response: Regional governments report the distribution of food aid mainly in the provinces of Lima (5.5TM of food delivered) and the department of Ancash (2.3TM of food delivered). The population of Lima and different parts of the country has constituted more than 160 collection points with the help of NGOs, the media, artists, sports clubs, etc. to receive donations, which are then transferred to the affected areas for distribution. Neighboring governments made donations to the Peruvian government consisting of 1,000 food kits (Colombia), 3,000 food rations (Ecuador), 18 TM water and food (Chile). The regional governments of Lima, La Libertad and Ancash have delivered a total of 7,945 kg of food and 9.260 liters of water. UNICEF, together with partners from the Sectorial Group, will produce messages to ensure the continuity of exclusive breastfeeding and complementary appropriate feeding. Also, it will provide assistance required to maintain surveillance of nutritional status on children who are in the affected areas and proper use of zinc supplements in cases of diarrheal disease. The Government passed a legal device (Regulation Law 30498 of March 18th) that allows companies to donate food in exchange for tax benefits. Since the approval of the device, private companies have donated 400 tons. of juice and water and 11 TM. of UHT milk, which were transferred in private boats by INDECI and coordinated by the Ministry of Production from the port of Callao to Piura, Lambayeque and La Libertad. The WFP is to providing techincal support to the government on logistics and needs assessment in Lima, Piura, Lambayeque and La Libertad. Gaps/Restrictions/Limitations: As per national regulations for food aid, food delivery depends on the requirements from the regional and local levels. Human resources at regional and local level are limited in terms of handling administrative processes to manage food aid and registration of the population affected.
Education
Damage and needs: More than one thousand schools have been affected. 63% of them can be rehabilitated in a short term. Piura is the department most affected, with 115 uninhabitable and 408 affected schools. In Lima and Ancash 21 schools have been reported as collapsed. The Ministry of Education (M INEDU) is working to get more detailed information on the number of students and teachers affected. Since the number of displaced population is to increase, there is concern because schools are gradually occupied as shelters. This affects the continuity of educational services and prevents it from functioning as a vehicle to protect children.
Response: MINEDU has transferred 57.5 million soles (about 17.5 million dollars) to the Regional Educational Directorates (DRE) and Local Educational Units (UGELs) for the rehabilitation of affected infrastructure. These resources also allow them to have temporary learning spaces. MINEDU has transferred regular preventative maintenance resources to the principals of educational institutions. To gauge the response to schools affected, the National Education Infrastructure Program (PRONIED) of the Ministry of Education is carrying out a survey. UNICEF is working to meet the request of the Ministry of Education to support the continuity of educational services, for children and adolescents and for vulnerable and excluded groups, to create opportunities for safe play and to provide knowledge and information to teachers on resilience and life skills. The Ministry of Education has postponed the start of classes in Lima until March 27th. This measure applies to both public and private centers from the level of initial education to that of higher education.
Gaps/Restrictions/Limitations: In this phase of the response, actions regarding psycho - emotional support for the return to classes do not appear to be a priority. MINEDU count on the support of the members of the Sectorial Group of Education to analyze gaps in educational material design and psycho - emotional support. The condition or poverty of affected families negatively affects the school enrollment and the possibility of buying school supplies.
Protection
Damage and needs: The rains and floods in Peru have affected at least 248,000 children; and more than 24,000 children are homeless and living in temporary shelters, according to estimates of Save the Children. Since at least about 18,000 homes have collapsed or are uninhabitable, the risk of crime, violence and abuse among the population is increased. The existing information does not reflect enough differentiation on the needs of vulnerable groups: children, teenagers, people with disabilities and seniors.
Response: The Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP) sent a directive to the Municipal Children and Adolescent Protection Centers (DEMUNAS) and the Women's Emergency Centers (CEM) to identify the type of affectation suffered by children and adolescents in the affected regions. Also, MIMP is carrying out a diagnosis of the affectation on Residential Centers (CAR) and children served by them. MIMP, in conjunction with UNFPA, Plan International, Save the Children and UNICEF, participated in missions for needs evaluation in the four affected regions. UNICEF, together with the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP), visit the Carapongo area (district of Chosica, in the rural area of Lima), to establish the affectation on mental health and the need for mechanisms and spaces for protecting families and children.
Gaps/Restrictions/Limitations: There is little information on groups most situation or n vulnerability and limited mechanisms PROTECTING for these groups (CHILDREN and neither ñ as, elderly, disabled and others) in areas affected by emergencies . The population on human settlements affected in Lambayeque and Piura is extremely poor and the areas mentioned above are considered with high criminal levels.
Early Recovery
Damage and Needs: 319 bridges have being affected and torrential rains and landslides nationwide destroyed 195 bridges. Lima has been the department most affected, with 55 bridges destroyed and 65 affected. In Lambayeque, 45 bridges have been destroyed. INDECI has reported a total of 2,192 km of roads destroyed and 4,286 km affected in the country. Ancash and Lima are the most affected departments, with 823 km and 725 km of roads destroyed respectively. Rural roads also have been affected. In the rural areas of Piura, Lambayeque, Ica and Huancavelica 688 km of roads have been destroyed. In Ancash, other 3,146 km of rural roads have been affected. The number of closed ports is up to nine in the central and northern part of the coutry, as a precaution measure. The UNDP team has overflown the department of Piura and reports overflows along urban and rural areas (see photo 1). On the outskirts of Chiclayo, UNDP also reports flooded crop fields. (See photo 2) Response: The government did cleaning work on roads in Lambayeque, Ancash, Junin and Lima and has been able to restore transit in 8 previously blocked and/or restricted roads. The Ministry of Housing, Sanitation and Construction moved 231 machines to different emergency zones, including excavators, crawler tractors, wheel loaders, skid steer loaders, motor graders, backhoe loaders and rollers. It also sent 146 fire engines and 07 waterjets. The government has deployed a total of 1,060 machines and 29 aircrafts to areas of affectation. The government has declared a national emergency priority the elaboration of pre- investment studies and the construction of the new Central Road with highway profile. The President of the Republic announced a program of economic reactivation adding up to 5 thousand 500 million soles (600 thousand million dollars ) for the promotion of infrastructure works throughout Peru UNDP plans to mobilize two senior international professionals to support coordination of the Early Recovery Sectorial Group and the recovery process. The Executive has arranged the immovability order for the Armed Forces to ensure the support of 25,000 troops on full alert to act quickly on the fronts of emergency.
Gaps/Restrictions/Limitations: It is necessary to conduct a comprehensive recovery strategy that includes actions of rehabilitation or reconstruction that can be implemented gradually and that would not restore conditions of risk. It is necessary to strengthen information management and coordination for the recovery process among stakeholders. It will be most important to ensure the mainstreaming of the early recovery approach.
Health
Damage and needs:
280 cases of dengue have been detected in Ica, and up to 28 cases of leptospirosis in several districts of Lambayeque.
Response: The Emergency Operations Center reported 13,172 health care services in 370 districts of eleven regions declared in emergency. The National Mobile Urgency Attention Service (SAMU) deployed 20 fully equipped ambulances and qualified personnel to provide medical attention in the areas affected by the floods in Lima. COE inform that out of the 3,722 health facilities that are in the emergency zones, 99% is operational and adequately supplied with medicines. In Piura, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) has ruled out the presence of anthrax cases in the population. However, it is carrying out fumigation actions to protect people in districts most at risk of dengue transmission. MINSA inform that 252,081 homes were fumigated in 370 districts. It has also performed a larval control in 261,000 households as part of the control plan for the mosquito that transmits dengue, chikungunya and zika. The Integral Health Insurance (SIS) reported the transfer of 514 million soles (157,8 million dollars) to health facilities in the affected regions so they can acquire and deliver medicines and supplies for treatment to its affiliates. The transfer is intended to supply mainly health centers in Piura, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Tumbes, Ayacucho, Junin, Amazonas, Ancash, San Martin, Ucayali and Lima, among other regions.
Gaps/Restrictions/Limitations:
Sector leaders and partners are performing field visits to determine gaps. General coordination The National Institute of Civil Defense, the UN Resident Coordinator and UN National Team are active, leading the Humanitarian Country Team under the structure of Sectorial Groups and close coordination with national authorities to support the response efforts. The Humanitarian Country Team organized a meeting for the Multi-sector Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA) implementation on the field. Sectorial Groups of Education, Early Recovery, WASH among others, developed coordination meetings with their partner’s institutions. The Humanitarian Country Team conducted coordination meetings with local authorities. UNDAC has deployed a team of 10 experts to support issues of coordination and information management. Experts have integrated two field missions with the Humanitarian Country Team for the Multi-sector Initial Rapid Assessment in Lambayeque and Piura. Through the United Nations Volunteers Programme, UNDP coordinates with the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Population the strategy for emergency volunteer coordination. Frequent information products have been generated by the Office of the Resident Coordinator (OCR) with support from OCHA. It has coordinated and recorded the response deployed by institutions present in the field (ADRA Peru, World Vision, Peruvian Red Cross, Caritas, Save the Children, Oxfam, PREDES, among others), that have attended about 4,800 families in five departments, with food, water, clothing, hygiene kits, cooking utensils, among other elements. PAHO / WHO provides technical assistance to EsSalud (Social Health Insurance Institution).
ANNEX
Photo 1. Affected area in PIURA
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