24 December 2015

New landslide video: Ayacucho, Peru

Posted by Dave Petley

 New landslide video: Ayacucho, Peru

A video has appeared on Youtube showing a large landslide that affected a road in Ayacucho, Peru:

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The landslide buried a pick-up truck – just visible at the start of the film and then being recovered at the end:

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Landslide in Peru, via Youtube

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The landslide happened near Tutumbaru in Ayna District, on the road between Ayacucho and San Francisco. Whilst the report with the video indicates that there were two fatalities, this newspaper article (in Spanish) indicates that this is incorrect, and only one death occurred – the driver of the truck.