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Sudan: Over 50 People Dead As Swollen Blue Nile Wreaks Havoc
Dabanga, 24 August 2021
Essential access routes to Ed Damazin, capital of Sudan's Blue Nile state, have been cut-off as Torrential rains and resultant flash floods continue to swell the flow of the Blue… Read more »
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Sudan: Death Toll Rises in Sudan Floods
Dabanga, 10 August 2021
The official death toll from floods and torrential rains this year has risen to 24 across the states of Sudan. Many of the victims died from electrocution, or when buildings and… Read more »
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Sudan: Deadly Floods Across Sudan
Dabanga, 9 August 2021
The volume of water the Blue Nile at the Sudan-Ethiopian border reached 728 million cubic metres as Khartoum recorded a water level of 16.92 metres, exceeding the flood level by 42… Read more »
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Sudan: Sudan's Nile Valley Urged to Take Precautions As Water Levels Rise
Dabanga, 5 August 2021
Sudan's floods committee has urged the public as well as commercial and other sectors to take precautionary measures as the level of the Nile exceeds the official flood mark by 24… Read more »
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Sudan: Flood Season - Time When River Nile Crocodiles Parade Their Vicious Jaws
SudaNow, 8 August 2021
The Khartoum State's civil defense authority has cautioned the citizens not to go closer to the River Nile or swim in it, citing that the River has reached flood levels and that… Read more »
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Sudan: Water Ministry Expands Flood Warnings As Nile Levels Surge
Dabanga, 8 August 2021
Sudanese authorities have reiterated their urgent appeal to the public and all sectors in the Nile valley "to take the necessary precautionary measures and exercise caution", as… Read more »
Scores Die as Flash Floods Swell Flow of Nile River in Sudan
Essential access routes to Ed Damazin, capital of Sudan's Blue Nile state, have been cut-off as torrential rains and resultant flash floods continue to swell the flow of the Blue Nile. The official death toll in this season's floods has risen to more than 50, Radio Dabanga reports. Police Colonel Fathelaleem Abdelrahman, Director of the Civil Defence Department in Sennar and Rapporteur of the Supreme Committee for Rainy Season Emergencies, said in a press statement that the national road between Sennar and Ed Damazin has been cut off in two locations.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs confirms that heavy rains and flash flooding have been reported in 12 out of 18 states in Sudan. Over 61,800 people have been affected as of August 22, 2021. A total of 3,840 homes were destroyed and 8,160 damaged.
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The government say 39 people have died in various states owing to heavy rains and floods which hit the country. Read more »
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Heavy flooding has submerged entire communities and displaced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes since July. According to the UN, more than 60% of the population are ... Read more »
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The United Nations reports that nearly two months of heavy rains and flooding in Sudan have wiped out livelihoods, rendered tens of thousands of people homeless and created a hu Read more »
