Sudan: Rain, Winds Destroy 2,700 Shelters in South Darfur Camp

Nyala / El Gedaref — Hundreds of families are living in the open without shelter after torrential rains and wind, accompanied by flash floods, ravaged Kalma camp for the displaced near Nyala in South Darfur.

Hussein Abusharati, the spokesman for the Displaced Persons and Refugees Association told Radio Dabanga that a mosque, a school, and at least 2,700 homes collapsed, while a woman and her three-month-old baby were injured.

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