70 people were documented to have died from snake bites, 75 people drowned and thousands of acres of farmlands were submerged in Majak Baai village, Aweil North County..
Aweil - Northern Bhar el Ghazal State The Majak Baai government authorities on Tuesday delivered information on misfortunes occasioned by floods over the most recent a half year across the area. As per the information, a great many houses fell, nearly 70 individuals were recorded to have kicked the bucket from snake chomps, 75 individuals suffocated and large number of sections of land of farmlands were lowered. The state's Alleviation and Restoration Commission's director, Peter Dut, said 87% of the populace is impacted and many needed to leave their homes and migrate to higher ground. "To be sure, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State is one of the flood-impacted states in South Sudan and 89 percent of our absolute populace is impacted by the floods," he said. "All districts, including the region, are impacted and most houses fell and the vast majority of individuals have been dislodged from their homes because of the flooding." He said 85,000 houses are recorded...