Heavy rains, floods and thunderstorms have affected thousands of families in Perú since January 14th, 2017. Apparently, Peruvians were not prepared to face this strong natural events as well as their later consequences: Overpopulation of mosquitos that spread dengue and other diseases as chikungunya virus, reduction of some important crops (rice, banana, yucca, yellow corn, avocado, cotton, asparagus, sugar cane, mango, grapes, alfalfa and lemon) (El Comercio, 2017a) and damages in many public facilities (bridges and roads) and private property (houses) - 100000 victims, 157000 houses...
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Event Topics:
Campaigns and Projects (IOPs, etc)
Field Campaigns:
El Niño
SMAP
GLOBE Science Topics:
Climate
GLOBE Working Groups:
Science Working Group
Investigation Areas:
Earth As a System
Hydrosphere
Pedosphere (Soil)
Atmosphere
Biosphere