Khartoum, December 8(Darfur24) The United Nations said Thursday that the number of people affected by rains and flash floods across Sudan has remained steady at 349,000 since September 26, according to the government’s Humanitarian Aid Commission, humanitarian organizations on the ground and local authorities.
According to a report by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), at least 24,860 homes were destroyed and 48,250 homes damaged in 16 out of 18 states.
The National Council of Civil Defense reported that 146 people have died and 122 have been injured since the start of the rainy season in May.
The report indicated that the most affected states are South Darfur (79,937 people), Gedaref (64,685 people), Central Darfur (41,747), White Nile (34,357) and Kassala (25,890).
The other affected states are North (18,046), West Darfur (17,354), River Nile (16,572), North Kordofan (15,235), Aj Gezira (8,715), West Kordofan (6,030), South Kordofan (5,768) and Sennar (5,379).
People are reported to have lost more than 4,800 head of livestock, and more than 12,100 acres (about 5,100 hectares) of farmland were affected by the floods.
This will exacerbate the already alarming levels of food insecurity that people across the country are facing.
The rainy season in Sudan usually starts in June and lasts until September, with the peak rainfall between August and September. Annually, an average of 388,600 people were affected by floods between 2017 and 2021. This year, the number of people affected by floods has exceeded those affected in 2021 (about 314,500).