Peru’s coastline battered by tsunami-like waves one day after country declares environmental emergency The huge swell struck the coastline of Peru, Chile, and Ecuador one day after an environmental emergency was declared in the wake of an oil spill in the region.
A deadly swell struck Peru’s northern coastline triggering tsunami-like waves that ravaged local communities and forcing 75 percent of hte nation’s ports to close, potentially devastating local economies.
In videos taken by Peruvian locals, huge waves can be seen crashing against “Muelle de Lobitos” – a fishing pier – rattling local fishing boats as the waves hurl towards the shore.
The extreme weather phenomenon coincides with the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami which struck India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia, among other nations, in 2004 killing more than 230,000 people.
Petroperu has not yet declared exactly how much oil was spilled.
