Flooding Imperils 500,000 in Sudan
August 30, 2013 Leave a Comment
Not too much notice in the West of this:
Forty-eight people have been killed and more than 500,000 affected by the worst floods in Sudan in quarter of a century.
The region around the capital, Khartoum, was particularly badly hit, with at least 15,000 homes destroyed and thousands of others damaged. Across Sudan, at least 25,000 homes are no longer habitable. A UN official described the situation as a disaster.
The flooding, caused by continuous rains…
Deadly floods have hit 14 of Sudan’s 18 states. The capital Khartoum, one of the hardest hit areas, experienced the worst floods in 25 years.
If there is little news there is less of its linkage to climate change. This 2012 dissertation from the University of Reading points directly to it.
At least 24 people have been killed in flash floods caused by torrential rain in the Malian capital Bamako, a government official said.
Thousands were also made homeless as the Niger river burst its banks, destroying around 100 houses in several hours of heavy rain on Wednesday in the city of around two million people, Alassane Bocoum, the national director of social development, said on Thursday.
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