The United Nations refugee agency says flood conditions in Sudan are hindering the delivery of aid to areas where many are already facing starvation and famine, including to a camp for those who have fled the ongoing fighting in North Darfur.
Find Insider Deals for items perfect around the house and on the goA woman sorts through floodwaters near her damaged home near the city of Abu Hamdan in Northern Sudan on Aug. 7, 2024. – The United Nations refugee agency said Friday that flood conditions in Sudan have hindered the delivery of aid to areas where many are alreadyThe agency said in a statement that at least 11,000 people, many of them already displaced, have been affected by the heavy rains and flooding.
Around 320,000 people are believed to have been displaced in Al Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, since mid-April, according to the IPC, at least 150,000 of whom are believed to have moved to Zamzam camp by May to find the necessities of life. The population in that camp has expanded to more than half a million in a few weeks.
Heavy seasonal rains have created rising floodwaters in parts of Sudan this week, and forecasts predict more storms in the coming days. An emergency team with the Sudanese Red Crescent concluded that 3,000 homes were destroyed in Abu Hamad.“The situation requires urgent government intervention to provide shelter and food for those affected, and supporting thousands of displaced people who have taken refuge in the city to escape war zones. The situation calls for community solidarity and urgent assistance to confront this disaster,” the group said on the platform X.
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