Update February 2010 (CBS video) The last of the 4,000 tourists stranded by landslides and flooding in Aguas Calientes, at the foot of the ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru, have now left the area. Some 1,400 people were airlifted out Friday, when a week-long airlift operation ended. Up to 40 mudslides in the region have cut road and rail links. Machu Picchu itself will now be closed for several weeks for repairs and to ascertain the safety of the area. Five people were have been reported killed by the mudslides.
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Posted by Ellen Wallace on 30 January 2010 at 9:44, last updated on 1 February 2010 at 8:15 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 30 January 2010.
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Tags: airlift, closed, heavy rains, Machu Picchu, mudslides, Perou, ruins, stranded
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