{{More than 300,000 people across Sudan have been affected by floods that have killed nearly 50 people in August, the World Health Organization has said.}}<\/p>\n
It said the region around the capital Khartoum had been particularly badly hit and was experiencing the worst floods in 25 years.<\/p>\n
One of the major risks to health was the collapse of more than 53,000 latrines, the WHO added.<\/p>\n
A UN official in Sudan described the situation as “a huge disaster”.<\/p>\n
In a report, the WHO said that 48 people had been killed and 70 injured in the floods. It warned of increasing trends of malaria cases in the past two weeks.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Sudan Interior Minister Mahmoud Hamed put the confirmed death toll at 53, according news agencies.<\/p>\n
The WHO also said property had been damaged in 14 of Sudan’s 18 states.<\/p>\n
Mark Cutts, the head of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan, told media last week the world body was ready to help those affected by the disaster.<\/p>\n
He added that this was despite the fact that UN humanitarian operations “have been severely underfunded” this year.<\/p>\n
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