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Heavy snow affects people and livestock in Peru

02/09/2013

The heaviest snows for ten years in the high Andes in southern Peru have led the national government to declare a state of emergency in eight provinces. Temperatures have fallen to minus-20 degrees Celsius and accumulations of up to 90 centimetres of snow have built up in some areas. The authorities have reported at least one person dead, and the ...

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