A group of American tourists wait to be evacuated near the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Cuzco
A group of American tourists wait to be evacuated by helicopter near the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Cuzco January 27, 2010. Peru scrambled helicopters to evacuate some 2,000 tourists stranded in the Andes on Tuesday after torrential rains and mudslides killed 5 people and cut off access to Peru's ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo(PERU - Tags: ENVIRONMENT)