Sudan is in the midst of deadly flooding from the Nile River. The region's rainy season has also affected the contentious filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
The governor of Khartoum province, which includes Sudan’s capital, declared a state of emergency on Sunday, saying that 5,000 homes in the area have been completely or partially destroyed. Ayman Khaled Nimir described the flooding as a “unprecedented rise of the Nile water,” the state-run Sudan News Agency reported. The military deployed to the city of Khartoum to evacuate people, build barricades and distribute food, the Associated Press reported on Sunday.
