Scores Dead as Torrential Rains Batter Sudan

Sudan's National Civil Defence Council says that the number of deaths resulting from torrential rains and flooding over the past month has risen to 89 and that 50,000 homes across the country have either been completely or partially destroyed.

Heavy rainfall resumed again in El Gezira, but also across northern Sudan, with more than 85 millimetres of rain falling in Dongola on Tuesday August 23, 2022, Radio Dabanga reports.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that more than 156,000 people across the whole of Sudan have been affected by the past month of flooding and more than 12,500 homes have been completely destroyed.

Flooded areas in Sudan (file photo).

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