. >>> thousands of residents in southern peru have lost their homes due to severe flooding. heavy rains have been pounding the region for the past several weeks. we go to meteorologist robert speta now for the latest. >> yes. what we have been seeing out here is basically this weather pattern which has been sitting absolutely in place with the trough of low pressure, extending from peru, extending down to the southeast there in the southern areas of brazil. this is where you have been getting hit extra hard. the main reason for this is because it is the rainy season. you have the moisture coming in from the el nino. i want to show you video, incredible video coming out of areas of central and southern peru. this parking lot which has just been turned right into a river from these torrential rainfall. the road right there coming down the hillside, absolutely horrible. actually, about 30,000 people have been impacted by the most recent floods the past week, and 3,000 people have been left homeless. thousands of hectares of crops have been damaged because of the heavy rains, wh

this patch of the desert in southern peru even looks like it could be from another world.ist says change the sky to orange and you are on mars. >> translator: we found here the closest similarity to the soil on mars. the organic matter, which is the base for life is almost non-existent here. >> reporter: and that's why scientists believe it is the perfect soil to breed a potato that could grow in extreme conditions as on mars. >> translator: the potato is an ideal candidate, because it has concurred all of the ecosystems on this planet. now there are more than 4,000 varieties in peru. >> reporter: researchers say the martian atmosphere has high levels of carbon dioxide which will help the potato grow. scientists and students are collecting soil samples. researchers will build a greenhouse simulating mars. 100 varieties have already been chosen for the experiment. >> translator: they will not be genetically modified by transformed by traditional breeding, pairing male and female plants to obtain a new variety, a new clone. we hope and we are sure it will be positive, becaus

here's jonathan oh to tell how people in central and southern peru are reeling from widespread flooding mudslides. >> we are looking at more rafall to continue really has been a very wet weekend into the first part of this week. yosee the oud covethat's roing overot just peru but also even into brazil at this point. i want to show you the video. this is some very, very incredible video of a bus trying to cross this particular highway. this is obviously not recommended, especially with that type of situation. because cars can get washed away in those types of situations. but here's the sad news. on top of the fact that flooding has been taking place, two people have been killed, thousands are homeless because of the severe flooding. and the two casualties specifically were from a mudslide that took place when a river burst its banks outside of lima. in one location over this time period saw close to 40 centimeters of rainfall. and we are looking at more rain to continue. now, we are expecting the rain to taper off and to relax. hopefully that means it won't be quite as serious as it has

this patch of the desert in southern peru even looks like it could be from another world. nasa scientist said change the sky to orange and you are on mars. >> we found the closest similarity to the soil on mars. we have done experiments from gone to mars. mars. the basis for life are almost non-existent here. >> that's why science terrorists from nasa and the national potato center believe it's the perfect soil to breed a potato in soil conditions like on mars. >> the potato is the ideal candidate. it has conquered all the climate conditions on this planet. there are more than 4,000 varieties in peru. >> researchers say the martian atmosphere has high levels of carbon dioxide which will help potatoes grow. scientists and university students are collecting data and testing samples of the soil for the experiment. at the international potato center, researchers will build a greenhouse simulating mars. 100 varieties have been chosen for the experiment. >> they will not be genetically modified but transformed by traditional breeding carrying male and female plants to create a n

this patch of the desert in southern peru even looks like it could be from another world. nasa scientist change the sky to orange and you are on mars. >> we found the closest similarity to the soil on mars. we have done experiment from the missions that having to mars. the basis for life are almost non-existent here. >> that's why science terrorists from nasa and the national potato center believe it's the perfect soil to grow in soil conditions like on mars. >> the potato is the ideal candidate. it has conquered all the climate conditions on this planet. there are more than 4,000 varieties in peru. >> researchers say the martian atmosphere has high levels of carbon die objection sided which will help potatoes grow. scientists and university students are collecting data and testing samples of the soil for the experiment. researchers will build a greenhouse simulating mars. 100 varieties have been chosen for the experiment. >> they will not be genetically modified by transformed by traditional breeding carrying male and female plants to create a new variety, a new clone. we

it has been stretching from peru all the way down towards the southern parts of brazil. it has been sao paolo where we had 150 millimeters of rain in two days. that causes a major problem with flooding. you see people having used boats to get around. they have been swimming through these flooded streets. it has been bad there. it's not the only place. that system extends all the way back towards peru there and peru has seen a lot of flooding in the past few weeks and yet more rain means yet more flooding here. these are the pictures we're seeing out there. it seems to be getting worse. unfortunately, over the next few days there's not going to be a great deal of let up for peru. you can see the dark blues there indicating we're expecting heavy rain. some of the worst of that is likely to be in the northern half of the country where we already have that flooding. more wet weather over the next few days. further south more dryer and in rio there will be the occasional shower >>> thank you for that. lots more to come, including a turkish town that has been nominated for the

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