“A total of 52 people have died and 25 others have been injured due to torrential rains and floods” since the start of the rainy season, according to the official SUNA news agency.
Floods caused by torrential rains in Sudan have killed at least 52 people and destroyed thousands of homes since the start of the rainy season in May, state media reported on Saturday.
Rainfall in Sudan is usually heavy between May and October. Then the country is faced with severe floods that cause damage to homes, infrastructure and crops.
“A total of 52 people have died and another 25 have been injured due to the torrential rains and floods” since the start of the rainy season, according to the official SUNA news agency, citing Abdel Jalil Abdelrehim, a spokesman for the National Civil Protection Council. .
The official said 5,345 houses were destroyed and another 2,862 were damaged across the country. Public buildings, shops and agricultural lands were also affected.
The states of Nile, South Darfur, North Kordofan, South Kordofan are among the most affected, he stressed.
In a report released on Monday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimated that nearly 38,000 people across Sudan have been affected by rains and floods since the start of the rainy season. About 314,500 people were affected in Sudan during the rainy season in 2021, according to OCHA.
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