A woman's dramatic escape from a raging mudslide in Peru has been caught on video.

Evangelina Chamorro Diaz, 32, found herself being carried away when flashflooding sent mud and debris through Punta Hermosa, after heavy rain in Lima province.

Covered in mud and enveloped in a swirling pool of debris, she managed to reach solid ground with bystanders cheering her on.

She managed to walk across large pieces of wood floating in the floodwaters, before reaching solid ground where was helped by onlookers. 

Later in hospital, she said she survived by grabbing debris, and anything that would support her.

The unusually heavy rain has killed at least a dozen people in the country.

A series of floods and mudslides over the past three days follow a series of other storms and officials say that a total of 62 people have died and 12,000 homes have been destroyed so far this year.

Officials say 62 people have died and 12,000 homes have been destroyed so far in 2017.

Authorities said on Thursday they expected the intense rain caused by the warming of surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean to continue another two weeks.

Schools are suspending classes and in the capital of Lima, the swelling Huaycoloro river swept away two trucks and threatens to destroy a bridge.

President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said authorities were prepared to provide shelter and relief to those left homeless.

AP, Reuters