South America is a continent of extraordinary contrasts. Emerald rainforests sit next to scorching deserts, snow-capped ...

Torrential downpours cause deadly mudslides, while more than 700 districts across country declare states of emergency.

Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it’s one of the driest deserts in the world. Parts of the region receive less than an inch of rain in an entire ...

By Marco Aquino LIMA, March 3 (Reuters) - Peru's booming agricultural export sector could suffer this year from heavy rains and floods caused by the coastal El Nino weather phenomenon, business ...

The two-lane Interoceanic Highway climbs from the humid flatlands of Peru’s Amazon rainforest upward toward the famed Incan city of Cuzco. Along the way, it serpentines across rivers, through clouds, ...