(NECN/CANAL 7) - At least six people have died after rains pounded the Cusco region in Peru, causing deadly mudslides, police said.
Police officials said the downpours caused a mudslide on Sunday near the village of Cochahuasi in the district of Taray. Calca police said five adults from one family and one girl had perished.
However a government official who traveled to the affected area to deliver humanitarian aid said the number of casualties was seven.
There was no explanation for the discrepancy.
The government official also said there were 20 people missing.
The official said 70 percent of the houses had been destroyed in the village of two-thousand inhabitants.
The village is located in the so called Sacred Valley of the Incas.
Heavy rains have persisted this year in south east Peru.
At the end of January this year, rivers in the Cusco region destroyed the tourist rail track that transports tourists to the legendary Machu Picchu.
The Inca citadel will remain closed until April when the train service is expected to be repaired and back in service.
Machu Picchu, the main touristic attraction of Peru, is located 500 kilometers (310 miles) southeast of the capital, Lima.
Source:necn.com/
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