LIMA, Feb. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Torrential rain has killed eight people in Peru and displaced 1,400 families, Juan Podesta, head ofthe country's national civil defense agency, told Lima reporters on Wednesday.

    "From December to January we have had eight dead, 14 injured, around 1,400 families displaced, and around 3,800 affected," Podesta said.

    Torrential rain has affected Andean departments of Huancavelica, Arequipa, Cusco and Puno. Mudslides have blocked roads, interrupted transport, and rising rivers threaten to flood cultivated land. Enditem