Floods damage vast tracts of farmland in northern Sudan, South Darfur

08/09/2014 15:13

Large parts of the River Nile state in northern Sudan were flooded on Sunday. In South Darfur, torrents destroyed more than 1,000 plots of farmland, and about 200 homes. The floods, coming from Wadi Ghadi, south of Wad Hamed town, have blocked the Wad Hamed-Khartoum road. The torrents and floods washed away dozens of cows and sheep, and severely damaged vast tracts of farmland in the area. In the area of Garsila, Wadi Salih locality in South Darfur, torrential rains destroyed more than 1,000 plots of farmland, and about 200 homes, on Friday and Saturday. File photo: Farmlands in Tawila, North Darfur, rented from local owners in the rainy season (Albert González FarranUnamid) Related:Torrential rains kill 19 in Central and South Darfur (4 September 2014) Torrential rains kill three, destroy more than 9,000 homes in Darfur (2 September 2014)More than 2,000 homes washed away by rains in Darfur (31 August 2014)

Large parts of the River Nile state in northern Sudan were flooded on Sunday. In South Darfur, torrents destroyed more than 1,000 plots of farmland, and about 200 homes.

The floods, coming from Wadi Ghadi, south of Wad Hamed town, have blocked the Wad Hamed-Khartoum road. The torrents and floods washed away dozens of cows and sheep, and severely damaged vast tracts of farmland in the area.

In the area of Garsila, Wadi Salih locality in South Darfur, torrential rains destroyed more than 1,000 plots of farmland, and about 200 homes, on Friday and Saturday.

File photo: Farmlands in Tawila, North Darfur, rented from local owners in the rainy season (Albert González FarranUnamid)

Related:

Torrential rains kill 19 in Central and South Darfur (4 September 2014)

Torrential rains kill three, destroy more than 9,000 homes in Darfur (2 September 2014)

More than 2,000 homes washed away by rains in Darfur (31 August 2014)