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USNS Comfort to dock in Peru in February 2027 as El Niño aid

The United States will send the hospital ship USNS Comfort to Peru’s Pacific coast in February 2027, U.S. Ambassador Bernie Navarro announced after meeting Peru’s foreign minister. The deployment is part of a broader U.S. aid package to address the El Niño climate phenomenon, which meteorologists warn could match the severity of the 1997 event.