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Argentina Update - At least a dozen people have died in Argentina after intense rains caused dangerous floods in the central region. The civil defence agency of Cordoba said 10 people died in the central farming province after two weeks of frequent storms, the heaviest rainfall in half a century. Two other deaths were reported in Santiago del Estero, a province directly north of Cordoba where more than 3,300 people have been evacuated.

Peru - Mudslides destroyed buildings in Lima after rivers burst their banks, local media reported. Six houses collapsed and 96 were seriously damaged after strong rains caused flooding in the capital’s eastern Chaclacayo and Luriganco-Chosica districts. The downpour came as major landslides impacted three other regions, as the heavy rain in the country’s wet season took its toll. The country’ territory mixes mountains and jungle terrain, frequently leaving inhabitants cut off in remote locations in periods of bad weather. Many homes built out of adobe, a combination of straw and mud, are left unprepared.