Flood deaths reach 26 in Sudan’s El Gezira state

The El Gezira State Government has confirmed the deaths of 26 people, injury of 36 others, the complete collapse of 2,400 houses and partial collapse of 2,547 more during the recent floods and rains that have hit the state.

Inam Hassan Abdelhafiz, spokesman for El Gezira state government, says that 188 other facilities have been affected.

Abdelhafiz said that El Managil locality has been worst hit, followed by the south of El Gezira which saw the death of four people and injury of four others. El Qurashi locality recorded three deaths.

She highlighted a major shortage of shelter and clothing, aids and pumps, caused by the destructive level of the Blue Nile.

The residents of Ed El Teen district in El Gedaref State have complained that their houses, agricultural lands and gardens were flooded by water from a broken dam which forced a number of families to leave their houses and caused damage to crops in the gardens.

The people of Ed El Teen district were surprised in the poll with Radio Dabanga on Wednesday of the government’s construction of the dam next to residential areas and demanded speeding up getting rid of the dam water so as not increase the damage.

They demanded the government to re-build the dam away from the residential areas in order to preserve life and property.