Sudan: Flooding submerges land and destroys crops on Tuti Island

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Flooding, caused by heavy rainfall, has submerged parts of Tuti Island, along the main Nile River in Khartoum on Tuesday, destroying crops before harvest.

“All the farms were drowned on the first day of harvest,” said Abdullah Ahmed, a devastated local resident.

The Sudanese Flood Committee warned Khartoum residents to take precautions after the Nile River’s water level reached 17.10 metres (56 feet) on Tuesday, exceeding the flood level by 60 centimetres (23 inches).

Flooding has claimed the lives of 24 Sudanese this year across the country, according to official reports.

The Sudanese National Council for Civil Defence also estimated that 819 houses had been completely destroyed, and a further 1,572 partially destroyed since the beginning of the floods.

TRANSLATIONS:

SOT, Adam, Local resident (Arabic): “Spoiled the crops of purslane, mallow, watercress, alfalfa and reeds, all of which were submerged in water as you can see before you now.”

SOT, Adam, Local resident (Arabic): “Excessive water spoils vegetables of all kinds, such as clover, mallow and others, all of which are spoiled by water. Stagnant water does not grow in it except trees.”

SOT, Abdullah Ahmed, Local resident (Arabic): “Now the water is really sinking from the back of the island to the front, it’s all submerged, and from the cob to the signs it’s been wiped.”

SOT, Abdullah Ahmed, Local resident (Arabic): “After all the produce had matured and they started harvesting, all the farms were drowned on the first day of harvest.”

SOT, Muhammad Ahmed, Local resident (Arabic): “We did not expect it to come at this time, and so far it has not reached its maximum height, but it entered the area of ​​ambushes and flooded the pits, but the time of the flood did not come yet and it is now less than the level of the great flood.”

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