Geneva-Sana
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced today that floods in South Sudan have affected more than 700,000 people and attributed the cause to climate change in the worst floods that have ravaged the African country in nearly 60 years.
"This country is on the front line of the climate emergency, where human beings are the victims in a battle they didn't choose," UNHCR representative in South Sudan, Arafat Jamal, said in a video briefing to the United Nations in Geneva.
Jamal explained that about 700,000 people have been affected so far and that the numbers are increasing, many are stranded, and livestock and crops have drowned, noting that the greater the losses, the more people depend on aid.
The commission added that the floods affected four states, noting that they were in some of the worst areas since 1962, with people's ability to adapt after three years of successive torrents and floods.
The UNHCR said that the rains are expected to continue until the end of this year and this will increase the number of people in need of assistance, and the movement of people to higher altitudes may cause conflict.
