SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AP - At least 46 killed by heavy rainfall in Sudan

18/8/19: AP - At least 46 killed by heavy rainfall in Sudan

 AP reports that Sudan’s acting deputy health minister Suliman Abdel-Gabar says  flooding triggered by heavy rains has killed at least 46 people in the past two months and destroyed thousands of houses across the country.

 Abdel-Gabar also said around 100 have been injured since June 14.

 The rainfall has affected 16 of Sudan’s 18 provinces and inundated at least 14,500 houses, about two-thirds of which totally collapsed, Abdel-Gabar said.

 An estimated 16,000 families were impacted, and more than 3,100 cattle died as large swathes of agricultural land flooded, he added.