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Peru:Flood:2002/04/10

Duration	2002/04/10	Heavy rain hammered northern Peru, causing rivers to burst their banks and sweeping away homes and blocking roads. More than 5,000 people were affected and hundreds were left homeless but there were no immediate reports of deaths
Country or District	Peru
Name	Flood

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Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others

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ReliefWeb (Childreach) 2002/04/05 Peru has recently been hit by heavy floods following 13 hours of continuous rain.

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Report/Articles CNN news 2002/04/10 Floods hit northern Peru, 5,000 affected, no dead

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