UN, PARTNERS ASSISTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS AFFECTED BY FLOODS IN SUDAN

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Date: 27 Aug 2013 16:00:00 -0400
Subject: UN, PARTNERS ASSISTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS AFFECTED BY
FLOODS IN SUDAN
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UN, PARTNERS ASSISTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS AFFECTED BY FLOODS IN
SUDANNew York, Aug 27 2013 4:00PMThe United Nations and its partners
in Sudan are providing emergency support hundreds of thousands of
people that have been affected by flooding since the start of the
month, the world body said today.

According to Government estimates, as many as 530,000 people have been
affected by the floods triggered by heavy rains across the country,
and at least 74,000 houses have been damaged or destroyed by the
rapidly rising waters. The area surrounding the capital, Khartoum, has
been hardest hit, with some 180,000 people affected.

Emergency water and sanitation, health items, food and other support
is being provided by the UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as well as civil society and volunteer
organizations, in coordination with Sudanese authorities.

Over 52,000 people have received household items, and water trucks
being run by the Khartoum State Water Corporation and the Médecins
Sans Frontières are reaching about 110,000 people each day, OCHA said
in a <"http://www.unocha.org/top-stories/all-stories/sudan-hundreds-thousands-affected-heavy-rains-and-floods">news
release.

While rains at this time of the year are common, they have been
heavier than average this year, having a particularly serious impact
in 16 out of the 18 states in the country.

The Sudanese health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO)
are also monitoring the situation closely as Government and aid
officials have raised concerns that stagnating water in and around the
city could lead to outbreaks of water-borne diseases.

In a news briefing, a UN spokesperson said six peacekeepers with the
joint African Union-UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were
swept away on Sunday by powerful currents while escorting World Food
Programme (WFP) trucks to Masteri, west Darfur.

The incident occurred when the peacekeepers attempted to pull out
their truck which was stuck in the mud of a river valley, near Nioro
village approximately 30 kilometres southwest of El Geneina. A rescue
team found two peacekeepers alive, while the search is ongoing to
locate the other four, the spokesperson said, adding that WFP staff
members are safe.Aug 27 2013 4:00PM
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