Death toll from Sudan’s flash floods reaches 112

Floods in Sudan have left 12 more people dead over the past week, a Sudanese official said Monday, bringing the floods death toll since the start of the rainy season to 112.

Floods in Sudan have left 12 more people dead over the past week, a Sudanese official said Monday, bringing the floods death toll since the start of the rainy season to 112.

Brig. Gen. Abdul-Jalil Abdul-Rahim, the spokesperson for Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defense, told the media that at least 115 people have been injured.

The downpours, which began earlier than normal this year, also inundated around 85,000 houses, hospitals, schools, and other government facilities across the country, he said.

According to the spokesperson, the deaths included 74 people who drowned, 32 died when their homes collapsed, and six died of electrocution.

Last month, Sudanese authorities declared a state of emergency in six states hardest hit by the floods — Nile State, White Nile, West Kordofan, South Kordofan, South Darfur and Kassala.

Sudan’s rainy season usually starts in June and lasts until the end of September, with floods peaking in August and September.

The United Nations last week said at least 258,000 people have been affected by floods in 15 of Sudan’s 18 provinces.