Displaced children fetch water using a submerged hand pump following flooding in the villages caused by extremely heavy early rains villages that displaced thousands of residents.
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Sudan, South Sudan: Worst Floods in 25 Years
Forty-eight people have been killed and more than 500,000 affected by the worst floods in Sudan in quarter of a century. The flooding, also wrecking havoc in South Sudan, was caused by continuous rains and has damaged public buildings including schools, clinics, offices, shops, markets and water and sanitation facilities across the two countries.
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Sudan: Worst Floods for 25 Years Leave 500,000 Facing Destruction and Disease
Guardian Network, 23 August 2013
Forty-eight people have been killed and more than 500,000 affected by the worst floods in Sudan in quarter of a century. Read more »
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South Sudan: Disease Fear for Flood-Hit Families
AlertNet, 5 September 2013
AID workers for Plan International are helping prevent disease outbreaks in the aftermath of widespread flooding across Sudan. Read more »
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Sudan: We Lost Everything in the Floods
IFRC, 4 September 2013
For almost one month, 31-year-old Hawa Hassan Ibrahim and her 38-year-old husband Mather Adam Mohammed, together with their seven children, have been living in the Alraiah Alaraki… Read more »
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Sudan: UNAMID Recover Body of Peacekeeper Killed By Floods in Darfur
Sudan Tribune, 5 September 2013
The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) recovered the body of one of four Burkina Faso peacekeepers killed last August by recent floods in West Darfur state,… Read more »
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South Sudan: South Sudan Floods Destroy Homes, Health Center
VOA, 5 September 2013
Heavy rains last week destroyed at least 70 homes and the only health center in Raja County in Western Bahr el Ghazal state, relief workers said this week as they struggled to help… Read more »
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Sudan: Flood Displace Several Families in Bor
Sudan Tribune, 4 September 2013
Several families have been displaced in Bor since Tuesday when the river Nile burst its banks causing flooding in Bor town. Read more »
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Sudan: Two Sheiks Among Injured in West Darfur Flood
Dabanga, 4 September 2013
Rains and floods have caused a number of injuries among the displaced of camp Abu Suruj in Sirba locality, West Darfur on Monday. 36 houses and a hospital have collapsed. A women's… Read more »
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South Sudan: Flooding Delays Aid Delivery in Abyei
PR Newswire, 3 September 2013
In the Abyei area, heavy rain continued to limit road access to locations off primary roads. Rains have also delayed the transport of relief items from Agok to Abyei town,… Read more »
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South Sudan: Govt Plans Intervention to Flood Ravaged States
Sudan Tribune, 30 August 2013
South Sudan cabinet has passed a resolution to organize for a humanitarian intervention as most of the country's states are ravaged by flooding. Read more »
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South Sudan: Flooding Affects Thousands in Four Northern States
PR Newswire, 28 August 2013
Fresh reports of flooding reached humanitarian partners in several states during the week. In Warrap, inter-agency assessments found up to 17,300 people in five counties affected… Read more »
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Sudan: Half a Million Hit By Sudan Floods
AlertNet, 28 August 2013
NUMBERS of villagers caught up in flooding across Sudan could be as high as 500,000, reports aid agency Plan International. Read more »
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Sudan: 874 Houses Collapse in South Darfur Camp Killing 14 People
Dabanga, 12 August 2013
At least 14 people were killed, including seven children and two women, as 874 houses collapsed due to heavy rain and flood on Sunday evening at the Kalma camp of South Darfur. Read more »
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Sudan: UN and Partners Coordinate Aid for 150,000 People Affected By Flooding
UN News, 12 August 2013
United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners are coordinating closely with the Government of Sudan to assist close to 150,000 people get food, water and shelter following… Read more »
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Sudan: Gov't to Relocate Residents of a Village Destroyed By the Floods
Sudan Tribune, 11 August 2013
The authorities in Sudan's Jezira state are planning to relocate the residents of the village number 38 in Um Al-qura locality who were displaced by the heavy rains which… Read more »
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Sudan: Govt Under Fire Over Flash Floods
AlertNet, 7 August 2013
Some Sudanese have taken to the internet in a fundraising drive for 100,000 people displaced by flash floods and heavy rains in Khartoum, Darfur and five other states, while others… Read more »
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Uganda: Uganda-South Sudan Border Market Floods
Sudan Tribune, 7 August 2013
A key market on the Uganda side of the border with South Sudan was on Tuesday night flooded after a heavy downpour made the nearby Unyama river to burst its banks flooding the… Read more »
