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KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA) - Floods and torrential rains have killed 102 persons and rendered 8,000 homeless in southern Sudan, a government official said Wednesday. The number of those killed, since the begining of the rainy season, is now 123 persons,…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0415 1. UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN KHARTOUM PROVIDES FOLLOWING UPDATES ON FLOODS AFFECTING SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SUDAN. SITUATION JONGLEI STATE - SOUTHERN SUDAN 2. PIBOR - ON 24 SEPTEMBER, UNICEF SOUTHERN SECTOR CARRIED OUT BRIEF ASSESSMENT. JOINT MISSION…

Over the past eight weeks, extensive floods and heavy rains have left at least 18 people dead in Sudan. More than 47,000 people are homeless and another 75,000 had their homes partially destroyed. The Sudanese Red Crescent has mobilised volunteers…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0354 SITUATION KHARTOUM AREA 1. KHARTOUM URBAN AREAS CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE SERIOUS FLOODING, RESULTING IN SEVERE DAMAGE TO HOUSING AND LARGE AREAS OF STANDING WATER, PARTICULARLY IN SQUATTER AREAS AND CAMPS FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP) AROUND CITY. ON…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- Surging waters swept through shantytowns near the Sudanese capital, killing dozens of people and leaving thousands homeless, Sudanese television reported Monday. The floods were the latest to devastate the poor region around Khartoum, where the White Nile…

From Yahya El Hassan; PANA Correspondent KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA) - The Khartoum government has contributed 500 millionn Sudanese pounds (about 357,143 U.S. dollars) in a fund raising drive to help to hundreds of thousands of flood victims in and around…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Flash floods swept through a region north of Khartoum, washing out railways and bridges and leaving 15 people dead and thousands homeless. The floods struck Monday following two hours of heavy rain. Witnesses arriving at the…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0299 1. FURTHER TO GOVT'S APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE, UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN KHARTOUM ADVISES THAT 18,500 PERSONS REQUIRE URGENT ASSISTANCE IN POCHALLA IN SOUTHERN SUDAN, WHILE THERE IS INCREASING CONCERN OVER POSSIBLE FLOODING IN KHARTOUM. SITUATION JONGLEI STATE -…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0286 APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE 1. GOVT OF SUDAN HAS ISSUED APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, FOLLOWING FLOODS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SUDAN. SITUATION 2. GOVT APPEAL INDICATES THAT MOST AFFECTED REGIONS ARE WHITE NILE STATE IN CENTRAL SUDAN AND POCHALLA…

DAKAR, Senegal (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Tuesday started airdropping urgently needed food rations to an initial 15,000 people severely affected by unprecedented floods in Pochalla, southern Sudan. The WFP delivered 60 tons of cereals and pulses…