Flash floods triggered by heavy rains continued to tear up properties throughout Sudan, an official mentioned on Tuesday, with the demise toll rising to 66 for the reason that begin of the wet season.
Earlier this week, authorities had mentioned that not less than 50 folks have been killed for the reason that rains began in June.
Brig. Gen. Abdul-Jalil Abdul-Rahim, spokesman for Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defence, mentioned on Tuesday that not less than 28 folks have been reported injured throughout the identical interval.
Some 24,000 properties and two dozen authorities buildings have been badly broken or fully destroyed, he mentioned.
Sudan has been with no functioning authorities since an October army coup derailed its short-lived democratic transition following the 2019 elimination of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in a well-liked rebellion.
Overall, round 136,000 folks have been impacted by heavy rainfall and floods in 12 of Sudan’s 18 provinces, in keeping with the government-run Humanitarian Aid Commission.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs mentioned the floods additionally inundated 238 well being amenities. The western Darfur area and the provinces of Nile River, White Nile, West Kordofan and South Kordofan have been among the many hardest hit, it mentioned.
Footage circulated on-line over the previous weeks displaying flood waters sweeping by means of streets and other people struggling to avoid wasting their belongings.
Sudan’s wet season often begins in June and lasts till the tip of September, with floods peaking in August and September.
More than 80 folks have been killed final 12 months in flood-related incidents throughout the wet season.
In 2020, authorities declared Sudan a pure catastrophe space and imposed a three-month state of emergency throughout the nation after flooding and heavy rains killed round 100 folks and inundated over 100,000 homes.