Heavy rains have triggered building collapses that have killed 17 people in northern Sudan, as the country reels from almost 16 months of fighting between rival security forces, a medic told AFP on Tuesday. About 11,500 homes have collapsed, the state's infrastructure minister Samir Saad told reporters Tuesday, and at least 170 people have been injured. Each year in August, peak flow on the Nile River is accompanied by torrential rains, destroying homes, wrecking infrastructure and claiming lives, both directly and indirectly through water-borne diseases. Last week, a flash flood caused the deaths of five people in Port Sudan, on the Red Sea coast. Since July 7, torrential rains and flooding have killed more than 30 people across the country, Sudan's federal emergency operations center said Tuesday.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 07, 2024 00:26 UTC