Flood water creates a channel, with the Red Sea mountains visible in the background, in Port Sudan, Sudan, August 26, 2024.The United Nations says its humanitarian partners and local authorities are assessing the affected areas after a key dam in eastern Sudan burst its banks.The area north of Port Sudan is a base for the government, diplomats, aid agencies and hundreds of thousands of displaced people as a result of Sudan’s ongoing conflict.
The President of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, visited the flood-stricken areas of eastern Sudan yesterday.The UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric says, “Preliminary reports indicate the breach caused extensive damage in 20 villages downstream from the dam. Our humanitarian partners and local authorities are assessing the affected areas and will have additional clarity on the extent of the damage in the coming days.
The United Nations says its humanitarian partners and local authorities are assessing the affected areas after a key dam in eastern Sudan burst its banks. It left at least 30 people dead as torrential rains caused flooding that overwhelmed the Arbaat Dam. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies.