Floods submerge large areas in central Sudan

STORY: Floods submerge large areas in central Sudan DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:05 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of floods STORYLINE: Several villages of Al-Managil locality in central Sudan's Gezira State have been submerged in water due to heavy rains and floods, while the authorities described the situations there as "catastrophic." Some 2,000 families have been affected by the rains and floods in the villages, acting governor of Gezira State Ismail Al-Agib, who accompanied the delegation to the area, was quoted as saying in the statement. Al-Tahir Hajar, who led a delegation of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council to inspect the floods-hit Al-Managil locality, stressed the urgent need to provide housing, food and medical supplies for local residents as the situation in Gezira State was "catastrophic" and had exceeded the disaster relief capacity of the state, the council said in a statement. Sudan was hit by heavy rains and floods recently. On Tuesday, Sudan's N