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By air, sea, and land, big and small have punished Colán to die.   By Nelson Peñaherrera Castillo   COLÁN, Peru – Before Máncora left it down to a second place –that is also losing—, this one was the spa of Piura for instance. Now, it is condemned to go degrading, droned by corporate and communitarian interests that can sweep centuria of tradition, like the moment they wounded the cliff that keeps it.   La Esmeralda de Colán, better simply known as Colán , is exposed to its water pollution and the waves that threaten the building close to(not mentioning over)the rim. A natural phenomenon is the killer that condemns it to a slow death.   The confluence of Humboldt and El Niño Currents also carry on died animals that get stranded on the rims: porpoises, sea lions, and dolphins have been reported at the zone. Miguel Alarcón Ato, president of La Esmeralda’s Association of Residents and Owners, suspects that the combination of industrial sewerage from Paita City to th...

Piura Valley confirmed to be vulnerable to meteorological events.     San Francisco Creek as it loaded on March 24 th , 2023, between Sectors Palominos (at the background) and Malingas, blocking the pass between  Districts Tambograndé and Chulucanas. (Footage provided by  Jhony Dioses , verified by and distributed by FACTORTIERRA)   The Peruvian Government had alerts of heavy to extraordinary rains since the second quarter of February 2023 . That’s why it declared a preventive emergency on March 3 rd . The whole northern half of peru was included in order to urge works preventing disasters, especially at northern coast and sierra, according to forecasts of Peru’s National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (Senamhi, as in Spanish).   Beginning at the north edge, Tumbés Department already came with rains and overflows since February 2023 what isolated many towns, especially at the border with Ecuador . A little more to the south, at Lambaye...

After three years without precipitations, they came back to smash the same places where a similar episode happened more than a decade ago.     A heavy rain falling over Sapillica Town, Upper Chipillico Valley, Ayabaca Province , on February 21 st , 2023. However, just 0.8 inches of rain fell that day.  (Footage provided by El Tambograndino Noticias )   The most Piura Department, Peru, had moderate to heavy rains between 19 th and 25 th of February, 2023, feeling stronger between 22 nd and 23 rd . It was not a surprising episode. Peru’s National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (Senamhyi, as in Spanish)issued such warnings since the 19 th by tagging orange alertfor coast and highlands of Northern Peru.   Based upon satellite reports consulted by FACTORTIERRA and eyewitnesses on the field, the precipitations smashed mostly on Provinces ayabaca, Huancabamba, and Morropón, the whole crossed by the Andean Range, which had receiving rains interm...