A man plays in a flooded street using an inner tube in Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Muddy water spilled onto streets and into homes on Thursday in a new round of unusually heavy rains that has killed at least a dozen people in Peru and now threatens flooding in the capital. The intense rains and mudslides over the past three days have wrought havoc around the Andean nation and caught residents in Lima, a desert city of 10 million where it almost never rains, by surprise. In one of the more dramatic incidents, stunned residents watched and took out cellphone cameras as a woman escaped after being swept into an avalanche of mud, wood debris and farm animals about 53 kilometers (32 miles) south of downtown Lima. Authorities said Thursday they expect the rains caused by El Nino, which generates a warming of surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean, to continue for another two weeks. Thus far, officials say a total of 62 people have died and 12,000 homes have been destroyed in storms this year. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said late Wednesday that authorities are prepared to provide shelter and relief to those left homeless. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





View of a damaged cementery after rainfall and flood in Laredo district of Trujillo, northern Peru, March 15, 2017. (Photo by Douglas Juarez/Reuters)





A group of people, stranded in flood waters, hold onto a rope as they walk to safety in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 17, 2017. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





A woman is assisted while crossing a flooded street after the Huayco river overflooded its banks sending torrents of mud and water rushing through the streets, in Huachipa, Peru on March 17, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





A woman is assisted while crossing a flooded street after the Huayco river overflooded its banks sending torrents of mud and water rushing through the streets in Huachipa, Peru, March 17, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





A man looks at the flow of the Huaycoloro river in Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 16, 2017. A new round of unusually heavy rains has killed at least a dozen people in Peru and now threatens flooding in the capital. Authorities said Thursday they expect the intense rains caused by the warming of surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean to continue another two weeks. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Soldiers carry tools to use for helping neighbors cross a flooded street in Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 16, 2017. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





A man wades through a flooded street in Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 16, 2017. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Neighbors work to salvage belongings from their flooded home in Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 16, 2017. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





A woman works to salvage belongings from her flooded home in Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 16, 2017. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





People watch from the top of a hill as the overflow of the Huaycoloro river floods streets in Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 16, 2017. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





A man takes an inner tube onto a street flooded by the overflow of the Huaycoloro river in Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 16, 2017. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Neighbors work to salvage belongings from their flooded homes in Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 16, 2017. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





A woman is pulled to safety in a zipline harness in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 17, 2017. Intense rains and mudslides over the past three days have wrought havoc around the Andean nation and caught residents in Lima, a desert city of 10 million where it almost never rains, by surprise. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





A woman is pulled across flood waters in a zip line harness in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 17, 2017. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





People wait on a rooftop to be rescued from the building surrounded by flood waters in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 17, 2017. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





A mother holds her daughter as they are pulled across flood waters in a zip line harness in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 17, 2017. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





A woman is rescued from a rooftop in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 17, 2017. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





Rescue workers pull a man to safety in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 17, 2017. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





A man is pulled to safety in a zipline harness in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 17, 2017. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





A group of people, stranded in flood waters, hold onto a rope as they walk to safety in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 17, 2017. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





A man gets rescued after a massive landslide and flood in the Huachipa district of Lima, Peru on March 17, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





A truck is seen at the Central highway after a landslide and flood in Chosica, east of Lima, Peru on March 17, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





View of a damaged cemetery after rainfall and flood in Trujillo, Peru on March 17, 2017. (Photo by Douglas Juarez/Reuters)





A woman and a child get rescued after a massive landslide and flood in the Huachipa district of Lima, Peru on March 17, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





A man helps another man cross a flooded street after a massive landslide and flood in the Huachipa district of Lima, Peru on March 17, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





A bus is seen after a landslide and flood in Chosica, east of Lima, Peru on March 16, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





A man throws water outside his house after a landslide and flood in Chosica, Peru on March 16, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





A woman gets rescued after a massive landslide and flood in the Huachipa district of Lima, Peru on March 17, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





A man sits next to debris of his home, destroyed after rainfall and flood in Trujillo, Peru on March 17, 2017. (Photo by Douglas Juarez/Reuters)





A man walks next to a flooded home damaged after heavy rain in Castilla district of Piura, Peru on March 17, 2017. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)





People walk after a landslide and flood in Chosica, east of Lima, Peru on March 17, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





People remove debris after a landslide and flood in Chosica, Peru on March 16, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





Residents cross a flooded street in Trujillo, northern Peru on March 16, 2017. (Photo by Douglas Juarez/Reuters)





A woman walks outside her house after a landslide and flood in Chosica, Peru on March 16, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





Residents cross a flooded street in Trujillo, Peru on March 16, 2017. (Photo by Douglas Juarez/Reuters)





A loader carries a group of workers from the municipality of Chosica after a landslide and flood in Chosica, east of Lima, Peru on March 17, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





Children play with a dog next to their flooded home damaged after heavy rain in Castilla district of Piura, Peru on March 17, 2017. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)