The death toll from a massive landslide that struck southern Peru rose to at least 15 on Tuesday, according to a government tally, after dozens of homes were swallowed up by dirt and mud following heavy rainfall last weekend.
Another 20 people were injured after the landslide struck on Sunday near the riverside town of Secocha, about 125 miles northwest of the city of Arequipia. Another two people are missing, officials said.
Video of the landslide captured one sloping town street transformed into a running river of mud, rocks and debris, with homes and other structures torn down immediately upon contact. Locals could be heard shouting at those in its path to run. William Alvarado, a district mayor in one of the hardest-hit areas, said over 1,000 families had been affected, almost all of them severely.President Dina Boluarte flew over the disaster zone on Tuesday morning to survey the damages.
"We will now show a big difference on that so that in the shortest amount of time we can recover as fast as possible," she said.
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