SUDAN'S OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL FROM SEASONAL FLOODS RISEN TO 83

  • 23/08/2022

The death toll from flash floods in Sudan has risen to 83 since the start of the rainy season, an official said on Tuesday, as heavy rains continued to inundate villages across the east African country.

According to Brigadier General Abdul-Jalil Abdul-Rahim, the spokesman for Sudan's national council for civil defence, at least 36 people have been injured since May. Over 18,200 homes have been "completely destroyed" across the country, with an additional 25,600 partially damaged. 

The United Nations said more than 1,46,200 people have been affected by floods. Footage aired by local media shows rising waters submerging villages. Authorities have declared a state of emergency in six of the country's 18 provinces.

The western Darfur region and the provinces of Nile River, White Nile, West Kordofan and South Kordofan are among the hardest hit, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA.

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