Strong rains in the town of Machu Picchu, next to the Inca citadel of the same name that is Peru’s top tourist draw, washed away railroads and bridges Friday, officials said.
Flooding of the Alccamayo river interrupted train services, the regional government of Cusco department said.
Houses near the river were flooded, and one person was injured with another missing, civil defense officials said.
Peru Rail company, one of two that provides transport in the region, said in a statement that trains have been cancelled until further notice.
Some 447,800 people visited the Machu Picchu site in 2021, a figure reduced by the pandemic and far lower than the usual 1.5 million per year.
Peru’s economy declined 11.12 percent in 2020 and was in recession until June last year, with tourism the hardest-hit sector with a decline of more than 50 percent.
