The US Consulate in Hermosillo, Mexico, issued an alert about robberies at night on toll roads and free roads around Sinaloa, cautioning people to drive only in daytime.

Robbers used cars with flashing lights to impersonate police, motioning drivers to pull over or down a side road where another car was waiting. They held victims at gunpoint and took valuables, usually leaving the car behind. In one case a passenger was raped and in another the driver was hit on the head.

As ITN went to press, the State Department had travel warnings on 29 destinations: Saudi Arabia, Haiti, Pakistan, Sudan, Somalia, Mauritania, Chad, Mali, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Algeria, Colombia, Guinea, Lebanon, Côte d’Ivoire, Philippines, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Israel/West Bank/Gaza, Kenya, Afghanistan, Burundi, Nigeria, Iran, Yemen, Uzbekistan, Iraq and Georgia.

For details, call the State Department at 202/647-5225 or visit http://travel....

In Peru, heavy rains in late January caused flooding of the Urubamba River and massive destruction in the Sacred Valley, sweeping away bridges and roads that will take months to repair.

Up to 40 landslides were triggered in the Cuzco and Machu Picchu areas, blocking the only railway connection between the ruins and Cuzco. Nearly 2,000 tourists and residents were stranded in Machu Picchu Pueblo (Aguas Calientes) with limited supplies. The Peruvian government declared a 60-day state of...