Floods destroy homes, isolate villages in Darfur, eastern Sudan

Torrential rains led to the collapse of 371 homes in El Salam camp for the displaced, south of Nyala, capital of South Darfur over the weekend. In eastern Sudan, 11 villages have been isolated by floods. “About 3,000 other homes were partially destroyed,” an El Salam camp elder told Radio Dabanga. “Most of the toilets at the camp were flooded, and some collapsed too.” The sheikh added that the rains led to the increase of public transport fees from the camp to Nyala. “We pay now SDG 10 ($1.75) instead of SDG 3 ($0.52).” He appealed to relief organisations to help out the affected camp residents, drain the pools, and solve the sanitation problems. In El Gedaref State in eastern Sudan, 150 houses collapsed, and schools and government institutions were damaged by heavy rains last week. The overflowing Atbara and Seteit rivers isolated 11 villages in the state. File photo: Tawila locality, North Darfur, during the rainy season of 2006 (Jehad Nga/MSF) Related:Torrential rains kill 19 in Central and South Darfur (4 September 2014) Torrential rains kill three, destroy more than 9,000 homes in Darfur (2 September 2014) More than 2,000 homes washed away by rains in Darfur (31 August 2014)