Muddy water spilled onto streets and into homes on Thursday in a new round of unusually heavy rains that have killed at least a dozen people in Peru and now threaten flooding in the capital. A man wades through a flooded street in Lima after the latest round of unusually heavy rains. A child sleeps in a tent after heavy rain in northern Peru. In Lima, the swelling Huaycoloro River swept away two trucks and threatened to destroy a bridge. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said late Wednesday that authorities are prepared to provide shelter and relief to those left homeless.

Source: CBC News March 16, 2017 22:54 UTC