Flooding across Sudan has killed at least 20 people over the past week, raising the official death toll since the rainy season began in May to 134.
The office of the leader of Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defence, said an additional 120 people were injured from the past week’s flooding.
Torrential downpours throughout August and early September — the peak of Sudan’s rainy season — have washed away roads, houses, and vital infrastructure across the country, cutting off supply lines to rural areas in need of humanitarian aid.
According to the United Nations’ latest flooding report, some 286,400 people have been affected by the floods and 16,900 homes have been destroyed.
