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Devastating floods in Peru kill 84 and scatter bones from local cemetery (VIDEO+PHOTOS)

Thousands of people are affected

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The devastating floods that have hit Peru hard the last days have caused the life of at least 84 people so far, the injury of 209, while 20 are missing, 112.000 people have lost everything and 666.500 have suffered serious damages in their properties.

The heavy rains is taking a heavy toll on the South American country which is trying to cope and help its citizens.

But the destruction is emotionally challenging the people of Peru I another way too. The waters from the floods in the Lambayeque region passed through cemeteries literately unearthing the dead from the tombs. The people saw the tombs of their loved ones washed away and in many occasions bones or newly buried corpses were actually floating on the waters.

 

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Local residents try to cross a flash flood in Huachipa district, on the east side 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. / AFP PHOTO / ERNESTO BENAVIDES

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. / AFP PHOTO / Ernesto BENAVIDES

A local resident looks at the damage caused by the flood outside his home in the "El Indio" settlement on the outskirts of Piura, in northern Peru, on March 23, 2017.  The El Nino climate phenomenon is causing muddy rivers to overflow along the entire Peruvian coast, isolating communities and neighbourhoods. / AFP PHOTO / Ernesto BENAVIDES

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