SUDAN, 1 October 2020 – Catastrophic floods following heavy downpours since mid-July have driven up the number of casualties to over 120, critically affected more than 830,000 people, and resulted in widespread damage.

The heavy downpours have affected 18 states including Eastern, Northern, and Western Sudan, causing River Nile to overflow which triggering floods and landslides.

The authorities have declared a three-month state of emergency all over the country, requested for international assistance, as well as announced that the death toll from torrents and floods has risen to 128 since last June.

Humanitarian organisations in Sudan have reached over 350,000 people with life-saving assistance due to the worst floods that threaten more damages to hit the country in three decades.

Nearly 16,000 latrines were destroyed, access to water to more than 100,000 people in the Blue Nile was hampered due to the damaged of the Bout Dam, and thousands of farms were affected compromising the harvest and the food security of thousands of families.

Islamic Relief is currently in the early stages of initiating response activities apart from continuing the distribution of NFIs and hygiene kits to thousands of households.

BEIRUT, 8th September 2020 – After one month of an explosion tragedy, there is still so much to do in Beirut, Lebanon’s to recover.

As of 6th September, there are 20,426 COVID-19 cases recorded across Lebanon includes 703 health workers, and the hospital continues to be overwhelmed

Personal protective equipment (PPE) for daily use by communities are in short supply as Lebanon is in Phase 4 of the COVID-19 outbreak with multiple clusters and community transmission widespread in many areas.

According to United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (UNESCWA), over 50 percent of the population in Lebanon might be at risk of failing to access basic food needs by the end of 2020.

The explosion of 737 buildings of water systems and 470 buildings of wastewater system has been damage while 5,909 roof tanks need to be repair and substitute.

As of now, Islamic Relief has distributed 3,577 food packs benefitted to 17,885 individuals for one month.

Each of the food packs consists of dry ration such as lentils, rice, chickpeas, ghee, vegetable oil, flour, tomato paste, sugar, groats, and vermicelli.

There are 1,279 families received hygiene kits includes PPE, and an estimated 10,000 individuals benefitted from the removal of debris and rubble piles in different areas.

SUDAN, 7 September 2020 –Sudan’s Security and Defense Council has declared a three-month state of emergency due to flooding that has killed 99 people.

The floods have affected 500,000 people, injured at least 46 people, and damaged more than 100,000 homes.

According to local authorities, the floods caused by heavy seasonal rain in Ethiopia led to rise highest level of River Nile.

Khartoum, Blue Nile, River Nile, Gezira, West Kordofan, and South Darfur are amongst the most affected areas.

Currently, Islamic Relief Sudan is developing an Emergency Response Plan and working closely with other humanitarian agencies such as the United Nations (UN) to help those affected.