Scenes of destruction are pouring in from Peru, as abnormally large surf – with some reports calling the waves “13-foot” and even “tsunami-like” – slammed the coast on Friday, December 27th. The ...

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Tsunami hits the coast of Peru. High waves have led to the closure of 91 ports. Coastal areas have been devastated due to the force of the sea. Waves several metres high have impacted beaches such as ...

Pope Francis is taking the highly unusual decision to dissolve an influential Catholic group from Peru which has been plagued ...

A deadly swell struck Peru’s northern coastline triggering tsunami-like waves that ravaged local communities and forced 75 percent of the nation’s ports to close, potentially devastating local ...

The huge swell struck the coastline of Peru, Chile, and Ecuador one day after an environmental emergency was declared in the wake of an oil spill in the region ...