CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s health ministry said a dam collapsed due to heavy rains in the eastern Red Sea state. Local media reported that dozens of people were missing.
The ministry said in a statement on Sunday evening that the Arbaat dam had collapsed and that relief supplies had been sent to the area to help stranded people.
The statement said at least four people had died in floodwaters from the dam collapse, but gave no estimate of how many were missing. However, a local official told Sudanese news site Al-Tagheer that he believed at least 60 people had died and many more were missing. Amr Eissa Taher, the chief irrigation officer for Red Sea State, said the damage was extensive.
Sudan has been thrown into turmoil by a 16 month conflict And devastating floodsAid workers say the organization is in the midst of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
