{"id":184711,"date":"2014-07-28T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudan-hit-by-heavy-rains-floods\/"},"modified":"2014-07-28T10:04:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T10:04:00","slug":"sudan-hit-by-heavy-rains-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-hit-by-heavy-rains-floods","title":{"rendered":"Sudan hit by heavy rains, floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One citizen died, and 12 others were injured in the northern Sudanese River Nile State due to heavy rains last week. Torrential rains also caused severe damages to dozens of houses in localities of Shendi, Matamma, Damer, and Berber.<\/p>\n<p>In South Kordofan, the El Obeid-Kadugli road was blocked, and the railway bridge in the area of El Hammadi was demolished owing to the heavy rainfalls and the ensuing floods.<\/p>\n<p>The Kassala State government is taking measures to protect Kassala town from flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens in Khartoum complained about the damage caused by the downpours on Friday. They&nbsp;severely criticised State Governor Abdel Rahman El Khidir for not taking any precautionary measures for the current rainy season.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: People in northern Sudan say rain is alien to them so they were caught off guard when heavy rains and flash floods inundated their homes in August 2013 (ifrc.org)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related:&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/77488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Torrents, floods across Sudan; 800 homes washed away in Central Darfur<\/a> (27 July 2014)<!--break--><\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One citizen died, and 12 others were injured in the northern Sudanese River Nile State due to heavy rains last week. 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File photo: People in northern Sudan say rain is alien to them so they were caught off guard when heavy rains and flash floods inundated their homes in August 2013 (ifrc.org) Related:\u00a0Torrents, floods across Sudan; 800 homes washed away in Central Darfur (27 July 2014)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sudan hit by heavy rains, floods - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-hit-by-heavy-rains-floods\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sudan hit by heavy rains, floods - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One citizen died, and 12 others were injured in the northern Sudanese River Nile State due to heavy rains last week. 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