The death toll so far this year has reached “112 dead and another 115 wounded,” said Abdeljalil Abdelrahim, a spokesman for the National Civil Protection Council.
At least 112 people have been killed and tens of thousands of homes damaged or completely destroyed in Sudan due to torrential rains and floods that have swept the country since the start of the rainy season in May, authorities said on Sunday.
Sudan experiences heavy rainfall between May and October. The African country is hit during this period, almost every year, by widespread floods that destroy houses, infrastructure and crops.
The death toll so far this year has reached “112 dead and another 115 wounded,” said Abdeljalil Abdelrahim, a spokesman for the National Civil Protection Council.
As of this stage, “34,944 homes have been completely destroyed and (another) 49,060 have been damaged,” he added, speaking to AFP.
Khartoum declared a state of emergency in August due to widespread flooding in six Sudanese states, as the African nation remains mired in a severe economic crisis.
According to the UN, one in three Sudanese are in need of humanitarian aid, inflation is hovering around 200% monthly, the currency is in freefall and, after the October 25, 2021 military coup under army chief Abdel Fattah al Burhan, the price of bread has increased tenfold.
Citing government data, the UN said last week that those affected across Sudan since the start of the rainy season now numbered 226,000.
The states of Nile, North Kordofan, South Kordofan, Kassala and Gandaref, as well as Darfur, are among the worst affected, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The UN predicts that floods could affect up to 460,000 people this year, far more than the average of 388,600 from 2017 to 2021.
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