UN: Half Million People to Be Affected by Floods in Sudan

A flooded street in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, on August 13, 2022. AFP

The UN said on Monday that floods in Sudan could affect more than 460,000 people this year while humanitarian organizations on the ground, and local authorities revealed that more than 136,000 people have been affected by floods since May in the Darfur, eastern Sudan and Kordofan states.

Also, torrential rains and floods destroyed about 8,900 houses and damaged another 20,600 in 12 states, according to the government’s Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC).