Around 72 peoples have died in Peru following intense rains and mudslides wreaking havoc around the Andean nation. The thousands more displaced from destroyed homes and others waiting on rooftops for rescue.

According to Global News, Prime Minister Fernando Zavala on Saturday updated the number of dead to 72 in comments to local radio station RPP. The government of Peru stated people were killed in 1998 during a similar period of massive rains and flooding caused by rains blamed on the El Nino.

The intense rains and mudslides over the past three days have wrought havoc around the Andean nation and caught residents in Lima. Peru's overflowing rivers caused by EI Nino rains damaged 115,000 homes that collapsed 117 bridges and paralyzed countless roadways.

Standard-Times has reported that the highly unusual rains follow a series of storms that have struck especially hard along Peru's northern coast, with voracious waters inundating hospitals and cemeteries. The National Police rescued eight people who had been trapped for three days in Cachipampa and removed the body of an 88-year-old man killed in the floods.

The capital city of Peru is Lima; a desert climate seldom leads to rain. Police had to help hundreds of residents in an outskirt neighborhood cross a flooded road by sending them one-by-one through choppy water. The muddy water channeled down the street after major overflowed, as a result, some residents left their homes with just a single plastic bag carrying their belongings.

The disaster has cut drinking water throughout most of Lima. The U.S Embassy is typically used to eradicate coca crops in the Amazon to help in rescue efforts.

The weather report has suggested that the storms are being caused by a warm of the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean and are expected to continue for another two weeks. The Central Highway of Peru in a state of emergency and the local government announced the funds for reconstruction.

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