{"id":236836,"date":"2024-10-22T10:26:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T10:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/22\/millions-hit-by-flooding-in-south-sudan\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T10:26:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T10:26:05","slug":"millions-hit-by-flooding-in-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/22\/millions-hit-by-flooding-in-south-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions hit by flooding in South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0Over a million people in South Sudan have been af\u00adfected by floods across much of the country, the UN\u2019s humanitarian organisation, Ocha, has said.<\/p>\n<p>More than a quarter of those \u2013 many in the north \u2013 have been forced from their homes by rising waters.<\/p>\n<p>Ocha said the displaced were seeking refuge on higher ground, but the rains have also meant that getting aid to those who need it had become increasingly difficult.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the worst flood seasons that South Sudan \u2013 a country with a population of more than 11 million people \u2013 has experienced in recent decades.<\/p>\n<p>In Pibor, in the east, 112,000 peo\u00adple have lost their homes, according to a government relief agency there.<\/p>\n<p>Those who have fled to higher ground \u201cdon\u2019t even have food, they left everything in that previous loca\u00adtion\u201d, Joseph Nyao, director of Relief and Rehabilitation told the BBC from Pibor.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the government was urging people in areas threatened by floods to \u201cimmediately move to high\u00ader grounds that have been identified by local authorities for their safety\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe level of water is still increas\u00ading and the displacement is continu\u00ading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In May, the government alerted the international community to the risk of exceptional floods that were expected to hit the country in the subsequent months.<\/p>\n<p>Ocha said that since the rains began 15 major supply routes have been rendered impassable, affecting the delivery of essential humanitarian aid to some 500,000 people in different parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>This all comes as South Sudan continues to deal with the impact of the 18-month civil war in neighbour\u00ading Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>More than half a million Sudanese refugees and returnees from South Sudan have been registered in South Sudan since April last year.<\/p>\n<p>South Sudan, already in the throes of a worsening humanitarian situa\u00adtion, is seeing its ability to respond become further overstretched, Ocha warned.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014BBC<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Over a million people in South Sudan have been af\u00adfected by floods across much of the country, the UN\u2019s humanitarian organisation, Ocha, has said. 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