Eastern Sudan areas destroyed, isolated by torrents

Heavy rains and torrents destroyed a number of houses in Jibait and Sinkat areas in eastern Sudan on Wednesday, and displaced the population. There were no efforts from the government to help the affected, sources told Radio Dabanga. Toker town has been surrounded by water from the overflowed Khor Baraka for over two months now. To go in or out of Toker, people wade through water for 10 km. In some places, the water is as high as one meter. As a result, 200,000 inhabitants of south Toker are isolated, and suffer from a severe food scarcity. The Government of Sudan’s Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) and international aid organisations reported that new rains and flooding have affected an additional 20,000 people mainly in Sennar, and South and Central Darfur states. By 14 September 2014, the total number of people affected by heavy rains and flooding that began in late July is estimated at over 277,000 people, according to HAC in the latest bulletin of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). File photo: Flooding in Khartoum, July 2014, following heavy rainfall.Related:Downpours destroy more than 3,700 homes in Darfur (18 September 2014) Floods destroy homes, isolate villages in Darfur, eastern Sudan (15 September 2014)