Sudan: Rains Destroy Camp Shelters, Crops in North and West Darfur

29 August 2014

Saraf Omra/Sirba — The rains and floods that hit Saraf Omra locality in North Darfur last week damaged more than 2,000 homes in the Jebelein, Dankoj, Hai El Salam, Imtidad Hai El Salam, and El Wadi camps. A total of 22,000 people in North Darfur have witnessed their houses or crops being damaged or destroyed by floods, according to aid organisations.

"The Bari valley was also flooded, spoiling the crops of 3,000 farming plots," a source in the camps in Saraf Omra told Radio Dabanga. He said that the people affected by the floods now live in the open, and urgently need aid.

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