Heavy rains and mudslides in Peru blocked the train route to the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, keeping nearly 2,000 tourists stranded.

A cargo boat sank in heavy rain around dawn today in the Ucayali River in Peru’s central jungle with an unknown number of passengers on board.

An airliner carrying 100 people crashed near a Peruvian jungle town while attempting an emergency landing in a storm, killing 41 people.