HUAICO

WHAT IS A HUAYCO?

• It is the violent displacement of a large body of water with a mixture of mud

and large blocks of rock, which moves at high speed through ravines or
valleys. They form in the upper parts of the micro basins saturating the soil:
The huaicos are produced in the rainy season.
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before during after

 Have on hand minimal

emergency equipment
 Register people consisting of tools,  We must wait for the
living in risk areas blankets, flashlights, instructions of the
and seek their candles, medicine, Civil Defense
relocation in safe portable radio, authorities that can
areas batteries, etc. spread through the
 enable security  go up to the roof of the radio
zones house and wait for the
huayco to pass
 CASES
• The fall of a huaico is recorded from 3 p.m. in the Moquegua
region, after the activation of a stream in the Samegua district,
Mariscal Nieto province.
• Cusco one of the places most affected by the overflow of the
Salcantay river.
• the land terminal of the city of Arequipa (overflow of a torrent
that has caused the collapse of its facilities)
 CONCLUSIONS

This work highlights the security measures that we must have in

the face of any natural disaster (especially huaycos and floods)
the effects of the huaycos and the floods could be reduced or
diminished if preventive measures are taken.
The majority of the population shows some ignorance in the
face of this type of events, they do not take the appropriate
security measures before, during and after any of these types of
events that come unexpectedly, such as huaycos, floods,
earthquakes, among others.