Flooding in the Puna highlands
Flood that affected the Puna highlands in 1962, forming part of a cycle of natural disasters (droughts and floods) that occurred between the 1950s and 1960s in the region.
Between the 1950s and 1960s, the Puna altiplano experienced a particularly strong combination of droughts and floods. Floods occurred in 1960, 1962 and 1963, alternating with droughts in 1955-56, 1957 and 1964. These natural disasters generated significant emigration to urban areas such as Arequipa. In December 1961, the Corporación de Fomento y Promoción Social y Económica de Puno (CORPUNO) was created in response to these climatic phenomena.