A view of the damage caused by flash floods in Huachipa district, east of Lima, on March 19, 2017. El Nino-fuelled flash floods and landslides hit parts of Lima, where most of the water distribution systems have collapsed due to unusual heavy seasonal downpours and people are facing drinking water shortages. (Photo by Ernesto Benavides/AFP Photo)





Local residents stand on a road damanged by the flash floods in Huachipa district, east of Lima, on March 19, 2017. (Photo by Ernesto Benavides/AFP Photo)





Residents of the Huachipa populous district, east of Lima, are helped on March 17, 2017, by police and fire fighter rescue teams to cross over flash floods hitting their neighbourhood and isolating its residents. (Photo by Cris Bouroncle/AFP Photo)





Residents carry their belongings out of their house in Huarmey, Ancash, Peru on March 20, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on a helicopter observes the massive landslide and flood in Trujillo, northern Peru on March 21, 2017. (Photo by Luis Guillen Presidential Palace/Reuters)





A vehicle is seen after rivers breached their banks in Huarmey, Ancash, Peru on March 21, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





Residents use a raft to cross a flooded street in Huarmey, Ancash, Peru on March 21, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





A resident crosses the Viru river after Viru bridge at the Pan American highway collapsed after a massive landslide and flood in Trujillo on March 21, 2017. (Photo by Douglas Juarez/Reuters)





Residents walk along a flooded street, after rivers breached their banks due to torrential rains, causing flooding and widespread destruction in Cajamarquilla, Lima on March 20, 2017. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)





View of Evitamiento highway after a massive landslide and flood in Trujillo on March 21, 2017. (Photo by Douglas Juarez/Reuters)





Dog stands at debris of a destroyed home, after rivers breached their banks due to torrential rains, causing flooding and widespread destruction in Huachipa, Lima on March 19, 2017. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)





Volunteers clean a flooded home, after rivers breached their banks due to torrential rains, causing flooding and widespread destruction in Cajamarquilla, Lima on March 19, 2017. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)





People help a woman get off the roof of a house after a massive landslide and flood in the Huachipa district of Lima on March 18, 2017. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)





Residents of the Huachipa populous district, east of Lima, are helped on March 17, 2017, by police and firemen rescue teams to cross over flash floods hitting their neighbourhood and isolating its residents. The climatic phenomenon El Niño is causing muddy rivers overflows on the entire Peruvian coast, isolating hundreds of people, mostly residents of Lima's industrial belt neighbourhoods. (Photo by Cris Bouroncle/AFP Photo)





A rescue workers waits to help local residents of the town of Huarmey, 300 kilometres north of Lima, wade through muddy water on the street on March 19, 2017 after a flash flood hit the evening before. The El Nino climate phenomenon is causing muddy rivers to overflow along the entire Peruvian coast, isolating communities and neighbourhoods. Thousands have been affected since January, and 72 people have died. Most cities face water shortages as water lines have been compromised by mud and debris. (Photo by Cris Bouroncle/AFP Photo)





View of the Viru Bridge, which carries the Panamerican Highway between northern Peru and Lima, where it collapsed into the Viru River in the town of Viru due to the intense rains, cutting off supplies to the northern part of the country, on March 19, 2017. (Photo by Celso Roldan/AFP Photo)





Local residents wade through the water as a flash flood hits the city of Trujillo, 570 kilometres north of Lima on March 18, 2017, bringing mud and debris. (Photo by Celso Roldan/AFP Photo)





A flash flood hits the colorful historic centre of the city of Trujillo, 570 kilometres north of Lima on March 18, 2017, bringing mud and debris. (Photo by Celso Roldan/AFP Photo)





Local residents try to create a barrier as a flash flood hits the city of Trujillo, 570 kilometres north of Lima on March 18, 2017, bringing mud and debris. (Photo by Celso Roldan/AFP Photo)





Local residents wade through the water as a flash flood hits the city of Trujillo, 570 kilometres north of Lima on March 18, 2017, bringing mud and debris. (Photo by Celso Roldan/AFP Photo)





A flash flood hits the colorful historic centre of the city of Trujillo, 570 kilometres north of Lima on March 18, 2017, bringing mud and debris. (Photo by Celso Roldan/AFP Photo)





People who live in the countryside outside the town of Chiclayo, 770 kilometres north of Lima, use a tractor to cross the rising waters of the Zana River on March 19, 2017. (Photo by Julio Reaño/AFP Photo)





Sections of the central railroad track that follows the Rimac River suffered severe damage by rising water and flash foods in the town of Chosica, at the foot of the Andes mountains east of Lima, on March 18, 2017. (Photo by Cris Bouroncle/AFP Photo)





People who live in the countryside outside the town of Chiclayo, 770 kilometres north of Lima, use a tractor to cross the rising waters of the Zana River on March 19, 2017. (Photo by Julio Reaño/AFP Photo)





People who live in the countryside outside the town of Chiclayo, 770 kilometres north of Lima, use a tractor to cross the rising waters of the Zana River on March 19, 2017. (Photo by Julio Reaño/AFP Photo)





View of sections of the central railroad track that follows the Rimac River, which suffered severe damage by rising water and flash foods in the town of Chosica, at the foot of the Andes mountains east of Lima, on March 18, 2017. (Photo by Cris Bouroncle/AFP Photo)





View of the Viru Bridge, which carries the Panamerican Highway between northern Peru and Lima, after it collapsed into the Viru River in the town of Viru due to the intense rains, cutting off supplies to the northern part of the country, on March 19, 2017. (Photo by Celso Roldan/AFP Photo)





Local residents of the town of Huarmey, 300 kilometres north of Lima, wade through muddy water in the street on March 19, 2017 after a flash flood hit the evening before. (Photo by Cris Bouroncle/AFP Photo)





Sections of the central railroad track that follows the Rimac River suffered severe damage by rising water and flash foods in the town of Chosica, at the foot of the Andes mountains east of Lima, on March 18, 2017. (Photo by Cris Bouroncle/AFP Photo)





Residents cross the Viru river after Viru bridge at the Pan American highway collapsed after a massive landslide and flood in Trujillo, northern Peru, March 20, 2017. (Photo by Douglas Juarez/Reuters)





A resident sits outside his home after a massive landslide and flood in Viru, Trujillo, northern Peru, March 20, 2017. (Photo by Douglas Juarez/Reuters)





Residents cross a street after a massive landslide and flood in Trujillo, northern Peru, March 19, 2017. (Photo by Douglas Juarez/Reuters)