It increases the flow of the Rivers Rimac and Chillon during March of 2024

The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) informed that during the month of March and according to the information provided by the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (SENAMHI), the average of the flow of the Rimac River reached 47,75 m3/s, a greater figure in 13.4% compared with the same month of 2023; nevertheless, it decreased 19.4% compared to the historic average.

In the technical report, Environmental Statisticsis also stated that the average flow of the Chillon River reached 9.93 m3/s to the higher result in 17.1% compared to the month of March of 2023, meanwhile, it reduced in 17.3% compared to its historic average.

During the month of March of 2024, the rivers of the north zone of the Pacific watershed registered and increase in their river flows. Therefore, the Jequetepeque River reached 44.61 m3/s, which represented a growth of 30.1% compared to the same month of 2023; meanwhile, it reduced in 53.1% compared to its historic average; while, the volume of water of the Chira River (95.11 m3/s) increased in 34.1% compared to March of 2023, nevertheless, it decreased 64.6% compared with its historic average.

The flow of the Calvas River (32.96 m3/s) increased in 24.9%; meanwhile, it reduced in 61.1% compared to its historic average. On the other hand, the flow of the Tumbes River (210.29 m3/s) decreased in 15.1% and 36.6% compared to the month of March of 2023 and its historic average, respectively.

In the case of the rivers of the south zone of the Pacific watershed it was registered that the flow of the Pisco River reached 93.16 m3/s a higher figure in 25.1% compared to the month of March of 2023 and lower in 13.5% compared to its historic average; the Ica River (63.09 m3/s) superior in 102.1% and lower in 15.0% compared to the same month of the last year and compared to its historic average, respectively. In the case of the Sama River (5.46 m3/s) increased in 3.6% compared to March of 2023 and decreased 3.2% compared with its historic average.

On the other hand, the flow of the Camana River (253.40 m3/s) and the Ocoña River (571.92 m3/s) increased in 114.6% and 71.5% compared to the third month of 2023 compared to its historic average, grew in 38.9% and 129.2%, respectively.

When we refer to the flow of the rivers of the Center Pacific watershed, it was registered that the Chancay-Huaral River (30.26 m3/S) increased in 0.1% compared to March of 2023 and decreased in 33.3% compared to its historic average; meanwhile, the Mala River (53.97 m3/s) registered an increase of 16.3% compared to the month of March of 2023 and a decrease of 10.6% compared to its historic average.

According to the information of the National Service of Potable Water and Sewerage Service of Lima (SEDAPAL), during the month of March of 2024, the production of potable water in Lima Metropolitan area reached 73 million 342 thousand cubic meters, a higher figure in 2.9% to the reported in the same month of 2023 (71 million 266 thousand cubic meters).

During March of 2024 and according to the SENAMHI information, the ultraviolet radiation rate of the city of Lima reached a maximum level of 8, it means, of very high risk for health. It is important to mention that this result was registered in the first week of the month, precisely on March 3 of 2024. Regarding the average level, it is noted that the ultraviolet radiation in the city of Lima reached at the level seven, it means, of high risk for the health.

During March of the current year and according to the data provided by the National Institute of Civil Defense (INDECI), at national level were reported 1,452 emergencies, a higher result in 54.8% compared to the same month of 2023. The emergencies left 8,716 affected people, 18,730 affected household, 1,441 destroyed households and 5974 hectares of crops destroyed.

The greater number of emergencies were registered in the departments of Huancavelica (265), Ayacucho (239), Apurímac (210), Junín (119), Cusco (102), Huánuco (73), Arequipa (56), Lima Provinces (54), Ancash (49), Puno (37), Cajamarca and San Martín (25 in each case), Piura and Ucayali (23 in each case), Pasco (22), La Libertad (21), Lima Metropolitan area (20), Ica (19), Amazonas (18), Loreto (16), Tacna (13), Moquegua (11), Lambayeque and Madre de Dios (4 each one), Callao and Tumbes (2 each one).

These emergencies were causes by heavy rains (838), flood due to rivers overflow (109), landslide (98), urban fires (94), collapsing of households (79), huaicos (48), temporal (winds with rain) (34), strong winds (29), hailstorms (21), hills collapse, (20), electric storms and flood due to channels overflood (16 in each case), pests (13), frosts, earthquakes and collapse of general structure (5 in each case), snowfalls (4), floods and flood due to lake lagoon overflood (3 in each one), floods and water deficit (2 in each case), environmental pollution of waters, deforestation, epidemic, bank erosion, forest fires, reptation, accident of land transport and flood due to levee breach overflood ( 1 in each one).