FLOODING IN BENTIU

Some of the worst floods to hit South Sudan in decades has affected over 800,000 people. This is the third straight year of extreme flooding in South Sudan; since May this year, flooding has hit eight of the 10 states. Jonglei, Unity, Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Upper Nile states, all in the northern half of the country, are the worst affected. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are responding to the floods in Jonglei and Unity states.

People’s homes and livelihoods (crops and cattle), as well as health facilities, schools, and markets, are submerged by floodwaters. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, and already existing displacement camps are at risk of being completely flooded, leading to even further displacement. In Bentiu town, an estimated 25,000 people have fled rising floodwaters and are now living in four makeshift camps. Meanwhile the number of people in Bentiu displacement camp (formerly a Protection of Civilians site) has grown by 12,000 in just a couple of months, and now holds around 120,000 people.

The floods have further impacted many of the 11 million people in the country who are already in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Following the newest floods, people are in need of immediate assistance with medical care, food, and safe water, and non-food items such as shelter, mosquito nets and cooking pots.

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