{"id":175761,"date":"2018-09-12T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/woman-dies-thousands-of-homes-destroyed-in-sudan-rains\/"},"modified":"2018-09-12T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T13:12:00","slug":"woman-dies-thousands-of-homes-destroyed-in-sudan-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/woman-dies-thousands-of-homes-destroyed-in-sudan-rains","title":{"rendered":"Woman dies, thousands of homes destroyed in Sudan rains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heavy rainfall in various parts of Sudan on Sunday and Monday caused the death of a woman in the Kabkabiya camp for the displaced in North Darfur. Hundreds of shelters collapsed. More than 9,000 houses were destroyed in the eastern part of the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio Dabanga, a Kabkabiya camp sheikh reported that died and three others were injured during torrential rains in Kabkabiya on Monday. At least 460 camp homes were destroyed.<\/p>\n

“Hundreds of families have lost all their belongings, including stored sorghum and other food,” he said.<\/p>\n

The area of Um Zaeifa in South Darfur’s Ed El Fursan locality was seriously affected as well. A villager told this station that 174 families are living in the open after their homes collapsed or were washed away by floods.<\/p>\n

El Gedaref<\/strong><\/p>\n

The recent rains and floods that swept through the El Rahad, El Mafaza and El Fau localities in El Gedaref have destroyed more than 9,000 houses.<\/p>\n

Mohamed El Mardi, Speaker of El Gedaref parliament, reported on Tuesday that 4,677 homes were totally destroyed and 4,674 partially, in addition to 19 government buildings.<\/p>\n

He said that 20.000 feddan<\/em> of agricultural land were flooded. Large numbers of cattle drowned<\/p>\n

The Commissioner of El Mafaza said that nine villages in the locality are cut-off from the outside world. About 1,152 families lost their homes.<\/p>\n