Sudan: Floods Threaten Major Roads - Isolated Areas Cut-Off

15 August 2019

Khor Baraka — Heavy rains in Khor Baraka flooded parts of the Tokar - Port Sudan road, and there are fears it will be washed away, while more than 600 families are still stranded in villages south Tokar Delta without the authorities being able to access them or asses their condition.

Civil defence activist Hamid Idris told Radio Dabanga that the civil defence forces tried to reach the stranded areas but were unable to do so because of the high water level in the delta and the remote distance.

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