Dozens of homes were engulfed by it. According to the provincial governor, Ronald Garcia, entire families are missing in the village where about 80 such. Expectations are that at least some of them have managed to escape `t be left terrific flow of both water and landslides, due to intense rainfall in the region.
In the area, there was some breakaway soil of rain these last weeks. A part of it, covered by dense vegetation is and where lies the village, close to the river turned into misfortune residents who had built houses nearby.
Most of the inhabitants of El Porvenirit are coffee growers. Locals have joined efforts civilian defense employees and military to find possible survivors under the ruins, but the tidal waters has hampered the work. Peru's government has sent humanitarian aid to the area, including food, tents and blankets.
