Turkish Red Crescent Helps Sudan Amid Floods

The Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay), in cooperation with the Sudanese Red Crescent, have extended a helping hand to people affected by floods in Sudan.

In northern Sudan's Dongola, aid workers delivered 500 boxes of food for affected people as Çetin Bayatlı, head of Turkish charity's delegation to Sudan said on Tuesday that they were planning more aid.

Recent floods triggered by heavy rains claimed 112 lives in Sudan and injured 115 others.

Authorities have also declared a state of emergency in West Nile, Al Jazirah, White Nile, West Kordofan, South Darfur and Kassala.

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said some 226,000 people were affected by heavy rains and floods in 15 out of 18 states.

Sudan’s rainy season usually starts in June and lasts until the end of September, with floods peaking in August and September.

Last year, more than 80 people were killed in flood-related incidents during the rainy season.