The over 13-feet waves crashed onto the shores of Lobitos, Mancora, and Cabo Blanco – 700 miles north of Peru’s capital Lima – Friday ... after Peru declared an environmental emergency ...

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's government on Thursday declared an environmental emergency in a northern coastal area, where state oil firm Petroperu last weekend spilled a crude oil shipment into ...

Peru declared an environmental emergency to battle an oil ... In Peru, the oil spill near Lima has fouled beaches, killed birds and harmed the fishing and tourism industries.