(September 3, 2013) - More than 400 houses have been destroyed and hundreds of people displaced in Panliet area of Bor town, Jonglei State, after an overflow from the River Nile.
The state’s Ministry of Physical Infrastructure said the water level has so far risen to 1.9 meters in some areas.
The state government said it would dig emergency water channels for the outflow of the water.
“We have our technicians. We will open how the water can move around and also we can be able to close the main dykes that have been broken,” Acting Governor Gabriel Gai Riam said.
“[For] some of them, we cannot be able to control the flow of the water. But we will do what we can in mobilizing our partners and also to inform our national government on what we are doing and maybe they will also come in to inject in to our effort,” he said.
One of the people displaced by the flood told Radio Miraya: “People are suffering. They don’t have anywhere to stay. People are just staying at the roads.”
“We are just sleeping at the road there is nowhere to sleep,” the displaced added.
Flooding has also been reported in Warrap, Unity State and Upper Nile states.