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The 2024 South Sudan floods refer to catastrophic flooding across the African nation of South Sudan, resulting in "over 735,000 people across 38 of South Sudan’s 78 counties and the Abyei Administrative Area" being directly impacted, and 65,000 people being displaced, of which 41,000 were displaced from Warrap.
Floods in South Sudan have been recorded since the 1960s, with the most severe floods occurring in 1963, 1978, 1983, and 1998. In recent years, floods have become more frequent and severe, affecting millions of people and causing significant damage to infrastructure, homes, and crops.
Port Sudan contains the nation's primary Red Sea port and actively running airport, and received the majority of foreign humanitarian aid supplies to provide relief to Sudanese citizens and internally displaced persons impacted by the civil war. [1] In 2024, Sudan experienced flooding caused by heavy rainfall. Flooding beginning in July caused ...
The World Food Programme announced last month that it can no longer provide humanitarian aid to many people in South Sudan. The East-African country has also been ravaged by flood and drought ...
The United Nations refugee agency said Friday that flood conditions in Sudan have hindered the delivery of aid to areas where many are already facing hunger and famine, including to a camp in ...
Mean annual temperatures across South Sudan have increased by more than 0.4°C every decade in the past 30 years and are projected to increase between 1°C and 1.5°C by 2060, creating a warmer and drier climate. In the northeast, rainfall has decreased by 15–20%, but other regions experienced more frequent and severe floods. [2] [3] [4]
The death toll from floods in Sudan has risen to 132, state-run news agency SUNA reported Tuesday, citing a government committee, in the latest tragedy for the northeast African nation already ...
Flooding during 2024 was significant due to its concurrence with the Sudanese civil war and its resulting humanitarian crisis causing the internal displacement of millions of Sudanese citizens, exacerbating the damages caused by the floods to already-vulnerable populations.