More than 574,000 Sudanese now affected by floods: HAC

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has prepared an updated infographic to illustrate the number of people affected by extent of the heavy rains and floods that have struck across Sudan during August. Based on figures supplied by the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), it reports that an estimated 574,540 people have been affected, showing that the floods have destroyed or damaged more than 110,000 houses in the states affected. It also shows a breakdown of the affected for each state. OCHA highlights that the immediate needs of the affected people include emergency shelter, health and sanitation services. View the full-size graphic (PDF) File photo: A metal bedstead must serve to support the only shelter for this man, his dog, and their precious supply of drinking water in flood-ravaged Sudan (OCHA) Related:UN: floods affect 500,000 people in Sudan (23 August 2013) Lightning strikes, floods cause death and injury in Central Darfur (21 August 2013)