Devastating floods ravage northern Sudan; six dead, thousands of homes destroyed

At least six people have died, and over 2,000 homes were destroyed in flash floods in rrn Sudan. 

UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that over 55,000 people across African country were affected by flash flood and several public infrastructures and farmlands have been destroyed. It furr stated that heavy rains led to situation of floods in at least 11 of 18 Sudanese states, namely, White Nile state, Khartoum, El Gezira, El Gedaref, Sennar, South and rth Kordofan, South and West Darfur, rrn State, and River Nile state.

Meanwhile, Emergency Chamber of Ed Damer locality in River Nile state claimed that flood has claimed lives of six people as well as many livestock.  deluge also led to collapse of 274 houses and damd 2,058 more. 

Dozens of schools, mosques washed away 

Over a dozen schools and mosques have also been washed away across country after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides, UN OCHA informed. In rth Darfur, newly constructed "Canian" dam, which was built as part of country's water harvesting projects, also collapsed and traffic police prevented pass of private vehicles on National Export Ro because of flooding in rth Kordofan.  

It should be mentioned here that Sudan experiences intense rainfall from June to October and country faces major floods that wreak havoc each year during this season. 

Sudan's flood problems 

According to UN OCHA, torrential rains h affected 400,000 people in 2019. In 2020, floods affected over 500,000 people and forced government to declare a three-month state of emergency. In 2020, floodwater also swelled Blue Nile river to its highest level since records began over a century ago. Blue Nile river joins White Nile in Sudanese capital Khartoum. 

(Im: AP)