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Heavy rains trigger floods and landslides in Peru | DW News

Peru has been inundated by heavy rains, triggering landslides and flooding across multiple regions. Local media report that authorities have closed the Inca Trail — the main tourist route to Machu Picchu — due to overflowing waterways and debris. The rains are linked to the El Nino phenomenon, a weather cycle which disrupts normal weather patterns by warming the surface temperature of the Pacific Ocean,

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