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Sudan: Floods affect more than half million people in Sudan

2013/08/28

The impact of Sudan's floods has widened, the United Nations said on Tuesday, with additional than half a million people affected by this month's inundations.

"An estimated 574,540 people have been affected," the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said, citing government figures.

The number of flood victims has risen as additional rains come down and new data becomes available.

About 50 people have died from the heavy rains and floods, according to the government.

Khartoum and its surrounding region is worst-hit, with additional than 180,000 people affected, OCHA said, describing flooding in the capital as the worst in 25 years.

But figures cited by the UN show that almost each other national has as well been struck.

War-torn Blue Nile is part the worst, with additional than 125,000 people affected there.

The national-linked Sudanese Media Centre reported that heavy rains hit Blue Nile national on Monday.

On Saturday, a reporter found dirt roads in southern Khartoum's Soba neighbourhood still flooded, making access difficult.

There is as well concern about the Blue Nile river which has by presently overflowed its eastern bank and washed over farmland on the capital's east side.

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