Peru declares an El Niño emergency in nearly three-quarters of the country ahead of the Pope’s visit

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Peru declared a two-month state of emergency in 1,380 districts—about 73% of the country—because of the risk of heavy rains linked to El Niño. The emergency includes all locations planned for Pope Leo XIV’s northern Peru visit beginning November 13.

Peru’s government has declared a two-month state of emergency over the risk of heavy rains linked to the El Niño phenomenon in 1,380 of the country’s 1,891 districts, about 73%, including all the places Pope Leo XIV will visit in northern Peru from November 13. The measure covers districts in all 24 departments and the province of Callao.