Khartoum-Sana
The Sudanese authorities announced today that the death toll from the torrential rains and floods that have swept the country since last June has risen to 134
"The torrential rains and floods have led to the death of 134 people, most of them from North Kordofan state in the center of the country, and the injury of 120 others," said a spokesman for the National Council for Civil Defense, Abdel Jalil Abdel Rahim, as saying in a statement today, "The accumulated water and storms led to the collapse of 45,000 people." Fully house and 70,000 partially.
The United Nations had warned that torrential rains and floods could affect 460,000 people, a number higher than the annual average of 388,000 people affected between 2012 and 2017.
On August 21, the Council of Ministers declared a state of emergency in 6 states against the backdrop of torrential rains and floods that began sweeping large areas.
The autumn rainy season in Sudan lasts from June to October of each year, and heavy rains usually fall during this period.
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