WOMAN WAS SAVED FROM

DYING AFTER BEING DRAGGED

BY HUAICO
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EVANGELINA CHAMORRO DÍAZ WAS DRAGGED MORE THAN 600 METERS BY A HUAICO EVEN
THOUGH SHE DID NOT HAVE THE STRENGTH LEFT TO CONTINUE FIGHTING, HER COURAGE WAS
STRONGER, THE WOMAN WAS SAVED FROM DYING AFTER A TERRIBLE EPISODE.
THE AVALANCHE OF MUD AND STONES PUSHED HER FOR SEVERAL KILOMETERS AND THE
NEIGHBORS COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP HER.
AFTER A TIRELESS BATTLE WITH SEVERAL WOODEN BOARDS, ANGELINA, WHO WAS SOAKED IN
MUD, MANAGED TO GET OUT OF THE DANGER ZONE. THE PEOPLE WERE DESPERATE BECAUSE OF
THE INTENSITY OF THE MUD CURRENT. THE HUAICO WAS APOCALYPTIC.
THE WOMAN WAS TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL SO SHE CAN RECOVER. DUE TO THE HUAICO
IN PUNTA HERMOSA, A HUGE CONTAINER WAS ALSO TRAPPED AND UNFORTUNATELY SEVERAL
COWS THAT WERE INSIDE THE VEHICLE LOST THEIR LIVES.
THE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE OF EVANGELINA, MOTHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS, BECAME A
SYMBOLIC IMAGE OF THE TRAGEDIES THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING, NOT ONLY IN LIMA, BUT
THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAS BEEN HIT BY INTENSE RAINS
AND FLOODS.
BOTH SHE AND HER FAMILY ARE RECEIVING PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT DUE TO THE IMPACT
THAT CAUSED HER TO LOSE ALL HER PROPERTY AFTER ALMOST LOSING HER LIFE IN THE HUAICO.
 SPEAKING
• M: HELLO?
R: HELLO. I’M CALLING YOU TO KNOW HOW YOU ARE AFTER THIS SAD
PHENOMENON.
M: WELL, I’M FINE BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW THIS MY DEAR CITY OF AYABACA.
R: IF I IMAGINE, WHAT CLIMATE FROM THERE IS VERY COLD AND IT RAINING A LOT.
M: YES, AND WITH THIS STAGE OF THE FENOMENON IT IS EVEN WORSE.
R: HERE ALSO IN PIURA THE SITUATION IS TERRIBLE, THERE ARE MANY VICTIMS AND
THE CITY IS TO THE POINT OF COLLAPSE.
M: WOW.WHAT SAD AND THAT UGLY MOMENT ARE WEARING ALL THE PERUVIANS.
• R: YES, I HOPE THE SITUATION WILL IMPROVE.
M: WELL FRIEND I WILL KEEP HELPING MY FAMILY TO RAISE THEIR HOUSE AND TAKE ALL THE
WATER THAT HAS ENTERED THERE AFTER THE RAIN OF LAST NIGHT.
R: OK FRIEND SEE YOU SOON AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF A LOT.
M: SAME LIKE YOU. BYE
R: BYE
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• MILD WET
• BLOW BREEZE
• FREEZING THUNDER
• SHINE LIGHTNING
• CLEAR SKIES BLIZZARD
• SHOWER
• CHYLLY