A video clip taken by a drone showed the extent of the devastation caused by the floods in Sudan, and showed how water flooded streets and homes, and led to severe human and material damage, in the worst disaster in 100 years.
On board a boat, Al-Jazeera correspondent in Khartoum, Al-Taher Al-Marrdi, was transported to monitor the extent of the damage and conveyed to the viewer an idea of the state of residential neighborhoods submerged in water.
Al-Mardi gave an idea of the self-efforts that the people are making to face this disaster.
Catastrophic conditions
Most of the states and regions of Sudan are living in catastrophic situations, after the death toll from the floods in the country exceeded 100, displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and led to the collapse of more than 100,000 homes.
In light of the worsening situation in the country, the Security and Defense Council - which is the highest security body in the country - decided to consider Sudan a natural disaster area, and declared a state of emergency throughout the country for a period of 3 months.
The Ministry of Water and Irrigation had 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 1902 ″, and the previous value 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.