Floods are always not a curse for everyone
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normally starts as early as May and extends to October. People, especially farmers eagerly wait for its advent to begin their farming activities, including cultivation of different types of food to cover their needs for the whole year. This year, however, nature has shown its unpleasant side. It harmed their livelihoods, not only ruining their farms, but also destroying their homes, displacing significant populations across the country.
It was a rare phenomenon this
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It is the rainy season in Sudan which normally starts as early as May and extends to October. People, especially farmers eagerly wait for its advent to begin their farming activities, including cultivation of different types of food to cover their needs for the whole year. This year, however, nature has shown its unpleasant side. It harmed their livelihoods, not only ruining their farms, but also destroying their homes, displacing significant populations across the country.
It was a rare phenomenon this year, perhaps visual signs of some of the impacts of climate change. The river water overflowed the banks and joined the heavy rains, creating torrential flash floods which wreaked havoc across the country. According to OCHA, an estimated 364,230 people, including 78 deaths, have been impacted by heavy rains and flash floods across 17 out of the 18 states. Additionally, the Abyei area was also impacted, with 45,104 homes destroyed and 27,742 homes damaged. Affected populations now rely on emergency support from UN agencies and Non-Government Organizations for their survival. Life-saving food and nonfood items including tents, plastic sheets, blankets and mosquito nets are in high demand.
Sitting on a bag of sorghum, Kaltoum Mohamed waits to transport her food ‘home’, possibly by donkey cart or auto. She waits with many others to receive a mixture of food items donated by USAID including lentils, cooking oil and salt at an emergency WFP food distribution site in Um Rimta locality, White Nile State. The family lives in a makeshift hut made of bed sheets which she now considers a temporary home.
As a widow for several years, Kaltoum assumes sole responsibility of her 4 girls. With nowhere to go and no one to lean on for help, the floods washed away her only piece of stability, her home. She recalls moving quickly when the rains came, taking what she could of her belongings to a safer place to protect the family.
“We moved from our home to a highland where we erected a hut from our bed sheets, praying to God not to rain again. There is no body to seek for help because everyone is going through the same experience. We are all in the same boat”, said Kaltoum.
An old saying that something must be seen to be believed. Images can’t document the severity of the damage caused. Entire villages are inundated and deserted by the inhabitants who hopelessly took refuge at nearby highlands. They lost everything to the floods and left their residences empty handed.
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