Egypt seeks to take advantage of Nile River floods

After Sudan was exposed to a violent flood that killed hundreds of citizens, the Egyptian government announced a preparedness plan to deal with floods and torrents. Egypt is also trying to take advantage of the abundance of flood water to meet its water needs.
A worker with the Sudanese antiquities authority lines a stone wall with sandbags to mitigate flood water damage to a structure in the ancient royal city at the archaeological site of Meroe, in the River Nile State's al-Bajrawia area, 200Km north of the capital, on September 9, 2020. - The ancient complex of Meroe, capital of the powerful Meroitic Empire lasting from 350 BCE to 350 CE, extends over 1500 Km in the Nile valley. It is composed of the necropolis of Kushite royalty with its renowned pyramids, as
A worker with the Sudanese Antiquities Authority lines a stone wall with sandbags to mitigate flood water damage to a structure in the ancient royal city at the archaeological site of Meroe, in the River Nile state's al-Bajrawia area, 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of the capital Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 9, 2020. - ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images
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The floods that hit Sudan in July killed hundreds of people and destroyed thousands of homes. It came as a warning for the Egyptian government to take seriously the potential danger of floods.

On Sept. 15, Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly tasked the government with developing an emergency plan to cope with the floods and the rise in water levels in the Greater Upper Nile region in Sudan, and to prepare maps of the most vulnerable areas across all governorates.

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