CARACAS, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) is working with the Venezuelan government to deliver aid to victims of heavy rains and flooding in the country's northwest Trujillo state, the UN agency said on Monday.

The WFP said it will distribute food in five municipalities in Trujillo as part of its "first response" to an emergency situation in Venezuela since the agency's arrival in April 2021.

Trujillo is one of the areas hardest hit by heavy rains that began in early October.

A report released on Monday by the official Venezuelan News Agency said 18 of the 20 municipalities in the Andean state were impacted by the rains.

The regional director of Civil Protection and Disaster Management in Trujillo, Cesar Fernandez, told the news agency that families were being attended to, while "road problems due to landslides and overflowing rivers, streams and creeks are being resolved."