Torrential rains accompanied by severe wind this week destroyed more than 225 houses at El Salam camp for the displaced near Nyala, capital of South Darfur.

Reporting to Radio Dabanga from the camp, Sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya said that the rainfall and wind that began on Wednesday and continued into Thursday have left the affected families in the open without shelter, food or medicine.

Sheikh Tabaldiya expressed concern that the resulting pools of standing water will lead to breeding flies and mosquitoes and consequently the spread of diseases - a health and environmental threat that is currently challenging most camps for the displaced throughout Darfur.

He appealed to the humanitarian organisations to intervene by bridging, draining and spraying the pools of water.