Dramatic TV footage has captured the moment a three-storey hotel collapsed into a swollen river in Peru.
Dating from colonial times, La Hacienda was located near the bank of the river Sicra in the town of Lircay.
Heavy rains began in the area on Wednesday and continued for 10 hours, eroding the river edge and then the building's foundations.
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The 50-room hotel was evacuated as the situation worsened and nobody was injured when the hotel finally crashed into the fast-flowing torrent.
Henry Zorrilla, the son of the hotel owner, has criticised the lack of flood defences.
Other buildings in the town in Peru's Huancavelica region were also destroyed or damaged as a result of the constant heavy rain.
Roads have also been blocked by landslides.
The National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology has said the rains will continue until April, affecting central and southern parts of the country.
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