Sudan ... a new toll of torrential rains and families spread over sidewalks after their homes collapsed

The Sudanese authorities have provided a new toll on the human and material losses of the torrents that have recently struck several areas, including the capital, Khartoum, and caused the demolition of thousands of homes and affected tens of thousands of them.

The Sudanese Ministry of the Interior said in a statement today, Saturday, that the torrential monsoon rains caused the death of 20 people and the injury of 12 others.

The statement stated that 3,000 homes had completely collapsed and partially equaled, 45 facilities, 93 shops and warehouses were damaged, in addition to the death of a number of livestock.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said last Wednesday that the torrents covered 14 of the total 18 Sudanese states, stressing that 50,000 people were affected by them.

In Blue Nile State (southern Sudan), torrents caused the collapse of a dam, destroying 1,200 homes. In addition to Khartoum and Blue Nile, the torrents included areas in eastern Sudan, including Kassala, and others in the west, including Darfur.

In areas east of Khartoum, dozens of Sudanese families were forced to set up tents on the sidewalks of roads in the villages of Al-Nazila and Umm Dhaban, after their homes collapsed or became besieged by the torrents that have recently covered many areas in Sudan.

According to the Anadolu Agency, these families are waiting for aid from the government and NGOs. It quoted a woman affected by the torrents that their suffering from these conditions continues for the ninth day.

Flood level For
its part, the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources in Sudan announced that the waters of the Nile exceeded the flood level by 4 centimeters in the capital Khartoum, and by 10 centimeters in Atbara, in the north of the country.

The ministry expects that this level is the beginning of the exit of water from the course of the Nile and its inundation in the low-lying areas around the river.

For its part, the Civil Defense and Emergency Operations Room in the River Nile State appealed to citizens, especially those living on the banks of rivers and areas affected in previous years by the floods, to take caution and stay away from riverbeds, valleys and low-lying areas, in order to preserve life and property.