The number of deaths increased and the scale of damage expanded due to record floods and torrents in Sudan, while the Security and Defense Council declared a state of emergency in all parts of the country for a period of 3 months, considering it a natural disaster area.
The death toll reached 100, and 46 others were injured, and more than half a million people were affected by varying damage.
Among the victims was an elderly man, whose body was recovered on Saturday morning in Singa, the second largest city in the southern state of Sennar.
Al-Jazeera correspondent Al-Taher Al-Mardi monitored the damage caused by the torrents on Totti Island in the capital, Khartoum, and said that the people are making efforts to limit the damage, especially after the water level on the island rose due to water pressure.
Disaster area
The Sudanese Security and Defense Council said in its announcement issued this morning that after "all readings confirmed that the rates of floods and rain this year exceeded the records ... a state of emergency was declared all over the country for a period of 3 months."
The statement added that it was decided to consider Sudan a "natural disaster area", and a higher committee was formed to prevent and address the effects of torrents and floods for this fall.
For her part, Minister of Labor and Social Development Lina Al-Sheikh said that more than half a million Sudanese were affected by the floods that included most of the states, noting that they caused the total or partial collapse of more than 100 thousand homes.
Historical levels
The Minister of Labor stated that the rates of floods and rains recorded this year exceeded the records recorded in 1946 and 1988, with expectations of continuing rise indicators.
The Ministry of Water and Irrigation announced that the level of the Blue Nile rose to 17.58 meters (57 feet), describing it as "a historical level since the start of monitoring the river in the year 1902 ″, and the previous summit was 17.26 meters."
The autumn rainy season in Sudan starts from June and continues until October, and usually strong rains fall during this period, and the country faces floods and torrential rains annually.