Overall Green Flood
in Peru

Event summary

Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103769
Death: 35
Displaced: 14
Countries: Peru
From - To 15 Feb - 24 Feb

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Peru - Severe weather, floods and landslides, update (ECHO 28 Feb 2026)Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:13

  • Heavy rainfall continued to affect southern and north-western Peru (in particular the Arequipa region and the Piura region, respectively) since 22 February, causing floods, flash floods, and overflowing rivers (mainly the Chira, Zarumilla, and Tumbes rivers) and triggering landslides that have resulted in more casualties and damage.
  • The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and media report, as of 26 February, five fatalities, of whom four were across the Arequipa region and one more in the town of Chulucanas (Morropón province, Piura region). In addition, the same sources also report nearly 11 500 affected people across the Piura and Tumbes region and 3 160 damaged houses in the Piura region.
  • Over the next 48 hours, more rainfall with locally heavy rainfall is still forecast over most of the country.
Piura Department, Peru, Mid- to Late February 2026Disaster authorities in Peru reported impacts of heavy rain in areas of Piura Department from mid-February 2026.Tue 24 Feb 2026Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),