Peruvian authorities announced on Friday that 18 people, including three children, had died as a result of deadly mudslides in the country’s southern and central regions.
Data from Peru’s National Institute of Civil Defense shows that 27 people have been injured and 20 are still missing as a result of the landslides that happened last Sunday.
The most recent incident occurred early on Friday in Junin, an area of the central Andes, when a vehicle was buried by a rock and mudslide, killing one person and wounding two others, according to the institute.
In the Arequipa region, where the rains were the greatest, homes, roads, schools, and a hospital were all destroyed in the province of Camana.
There are numerous artisanal mining in the area, and officials fear that some people may have become trapped in temporary tunnels.
According to officials, the youngsters who died ranged in age from one to 10 years old.
