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By Nadine Buddoo

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Excessive rainfall battered the Peruvian coast in early 2017, triggering serious flooding and fatal landslides. The extreme weather event has been attributed to a coastal El Niño climate pattern, which involves the unusual warming of surface water in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.

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The government-to-government agreement was formally signed by the Peruvian Government, represented by the ARCC, and the UK Government, represented by the Department for International Trade (DIT). DIT provides strategic support for UK firms who are bidding for work. This is in areas such as governance, executive decision making and communications and stakeholder management.

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The UKDT is hopeful that successful delivery of the reconstruction programme will be the first of many similar government-to-government agreements with other countries.

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Hazards Cyclone Flood Landslide
Themes Recovery Governance Critical infrastructure
Country and region Peru United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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