El niño aftermath

The year 2017 was catastrophic for Peru. The northern coast beared with maybe the strongest flooding in the last 50 years. Thousand where displaced, lost their homes, their animals, and even family members. They had to start over.

The rains in the nearby highlands of the northern Peruvian coast during El Niño phenomena didn't stop for weeks. The river dam collapsed from one moment to another and thousands of cubic meters of water flowed all the way to agricultural areas. Thousands of hectares of crops where flooded, houses were swept, the animals drowned. The aftermath begun with thousands of displaced that found shelter on the few small hills where the water couldn't reach them. There was no food, no shadow, no clothes, no water, no toys. It all had disappeared in a matter of hours. The northern region of Peru had to start over from zero.