Sudanese states affected by floods include capital, famine areas

The miserable situation in Sudan was aggravated due to floods that affected nine Sudanese states and reached regions in the south that had been ravaged by drought for years resulting in a famine, especially in Bahr El-Gazal province.

Reports referred to the regions located on the white Nile in the Sudanese capital such as the districts of Kalakda, El-Lamb, El-Ezwezab as being the most badly affected, adding that one third of the houses in El-Zwezab were ruined, as the inhabitants took shelter in schools. The main road liking Khartoum with El-Awliaa mountain was covered by the Nile River, despite being set away from the Nile by more than 1,500 meters.

The rain-swollen Nile destroyed one third of houses in the provinces of El-Kalakla, El-Lamb and El-Ezwazab.

The flood also hit the areas of El-Jarif, the Yeri and Garden City. In Om Derman the water flooded El-Rivera garden, exceeding the bridge, and the region of Serwareb.