Rains in Lima LIVE: latest news after flooding and inundations in districts of the southern capital

• Bus trapped in flooded bypass due to rains in Villa María del Triunfo

• Villa El Salvador will be declared in emergency after floods
• The head of the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation (MVCS), Mauricio Arnillas, reported that the district of Villa El Salvador will be declared in a state of emergency after the floods it suffered due to the heavy rain on Sunday, August 16. In statements to RPP Noticias, he indicated that the measure would be in effect until the end of the year and will serve to complete the bypass and collector works, which have been collapsed for several years.

The National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru (Senamhi) had warned of these conditions in its daily forecast, indicating that Lima would present “overcast to cloudy skies during the day with a tendency to moderate wind and drizzle,” a scenario that was finally recorded during the early morning and first hours of Sunday.

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• Precipitation was recorded with greater intensity in districts such as Miraflores, Chorrillos, Magdalena del Mar, San Miguel, Rímac, Lince, Breña, and Villa El Salvador.

• Villa El Salvador: flooded homes and sewer collapse after intense drizzle

Check in this note from El Comercio the main news after the heavy rain that, last Sunday, August 16, caused flooding and inundations on different streets and avenues in the southern districts of Lima, such as Chorrillos, San Juan de Miraflores, and Villa El Salvador.

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