Machu Picchu flooded, evacuation of tourists

[burgundia]

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-25/peru-to-evacuate-tourists-after-machu-picchu-flooding-update1-.html
By John Quigley

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Peru’s government began evacuating 1,950 tourists stranded near the Machu Picchu archeological site following flash floods, Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Martin Perez said today.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6143707n (video)

[morguana]

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?glide=FF-20100126-24697-PER&cat=dis&lang=eng

i hope that any folk that may be living in this area are safe and well
thank you burgundia for alerting us to this
love m x