Lima, Sept. 20 -- The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency in 544 districts for 60 days on Tuesday, due to an "imminent danger" of a water deficit that could arise as a consequence of the possible arrival of El Nino between 2023 and 2024.
The decree, published in the official newspaper El Peruano, said that this would allow "the execution of emergency measures and actions, immediate and necessary, to reduce the existing extreme high risk."
With the technical coordination of the National Institute of Civil Defense (Indeci) and other state institutions, regional and local governments will adopt corresponding measures that will be "modified according to needs" as they arise.
The decree was based on a technical report issued ...