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On 30 September 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization said that the floods in Sudan have affected nearly one third of cultivated land and about 3 million people from agricultural households. About 2.2 million hectares of cropland has been flooded and 108,000 head of livestock lost, according to an FAO assessment.
date of flood level losses 1946: unknown The 1946 flood caused great destruction in Sudan, causing casualties and caused the spread of infectious diseases [2] 1988: 15.68 cubic metres (554 cu ft) 76 dead, hundreds wounded, and many economic losses [3] 2007: unknown 64 dead, 335 wounded, and 30,000 homes destroyed [4] 2013: 17.4 cubic metres ...
Flood waters in Sudan have reached the highest levels on record, killing dozens of people, destroying thousands of homes and encroaching on some neighbourhoods of the capital Khartoum. The ...
Emergency responders were scrambling on Tuesday to find out how many people remain missing after waters burst through a dam in eastern Sudan, resulting in the worst in a series of floods that have ...
The death toll from floods in Sudan has risen to 132, state-run news agency SUNA reported Tuesday, citing a government committee, in the latest tragedy for the northeast African nation already ...
The 2020 African Sahel floods were extreme floods that struck numerous West, East, and Central African countries in August and September 2020 due to extreme rainfall.Over 760,000 people in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo Republic, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, and Tunisia were affected and hundreds killed.
October 2 – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports flooding has claimed more than 120 lives and left 860,000 people homeless. [30] October 3 – The government of Sudan and ten rebel groups sign a peace agreement, ending 17 years of war. [31] October 23 – Israel–Sudan normalization agreement
Devastating flooding ripped through portions of Sudan early this week, and with the peak of the rainiest season of the year underway, AccuWeather forecasters say more trouble may be on the horizon.