Sudan imposed a three-month state of emergency and declared the country a natural disaster area as record floods killed 100 people and inundated more than 100,000 houses.
Look at people wading through waist-deep water, residents of the al-Shigla neighbourhood in Omdurman, twin city of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, tried to rescue what was left of their possessions as they
floated by.
Others stood by in despair, observing the aftermath of days of torrential rains that brought record-breaking flash floods to the country where the Blue and White Niles join to become the Nile River.
Pieces of furniture, broken tiles, damaged
vehicles and more were washed away by
this year’s rain that fell profusely and
continuously for nearly two weeks.
The rain and flooding exceeded records
set in 1946 and 1988, killing more than
100 people and forcing the government to
declare a three-month state of emergency
this week.
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