Peru: 397 districts at very high water-deficit risk; 2.4M exposed

Peru's CENEPRED warns that 397 districts face very high water-deficit risk, affecting 2.4 million people, under a reduced-rainfall El Niño scenario. Puno, Cusco, Apurímac and Ayacucho are most exposed. The warning is forward-looking and probabilistic, not a current crisis, but signals heightened water stress in the Andean highlands.