Thousands of dwellings have been damaged or destroyed since May which marks the start of the rainy season in the country.
Le Monde with AFP
Begun in May, the rainy season in Sudan has already caused many fatal floods. “A total of 52 people were killed and 25 others injured due to torrential rains and floods” since the start of the rainy season, according to the official Suna agency which quoted, on Saturday August 13, Abdel Jalil Abdelreheem, The spokesperson for the National Civil Defense Council (NCCD).
m. Abdelreheem said that 5,345 houses were destroyed and 2,862 others damaged throughout the country. Public buildings, shops and agricultural land have also been affected. The states of the Nile, the southern darfur, the northern kordofan, the southern kordofan are among the most affected, he noted.
more than 300,000 people affected during the season of rains in 2021
heavy rains usually fall in Sudan between May and October. The country then faces serious floods which damage dwellings, infrastructures and harvests.
In a report published on Monday, the United Nations Humanitarian Agency (OCHA) estimated that around 38,000 people across Sudan have been affected by rains and floods since the start of the rainy season.
About 314,500 people were assigned to Sudan during the rainy season in 2021, according to the OCHA.