The source, who works at Abu Hamad Hospital, said that 17 people were killed when their house collapsed.
“Many wounded are still arriving at the hospital,” the source added, in this small town in Nile State, 400 kilometres north of Khartoum.
“The heavy rains caused most of the houses to collapse and all the shops in the market to collapse,” a witness contacted by AFP said by phone.
Heavy rains usually fall in Sudan between May and October, a period during which the country experiences dangerous floods that damage homes, infrastructure and crops.
Last week, it left 5 dead in Port Sudan, on the east coast.
Sudan’s Federal Emergency Operations Centre said on Tuesday that heavy rains and floods have killed 32 people since July 7 in seven of the country’s 18 states.
Dozens of people were injured and more than 5,000 homes were damaged.
According to the United Nations, these phenomena have displaced more than 21,000 people since June, most of them in areas witnessing fierce fighting.
As the rainy season approaches, humanitarian organizations have warned that heavy rains and floods will isolate entire areas.
Every year, many lives are claimed, directly or indirectly, by diseases caused by humidity.
Particularly severe damage is feared this year, after nearly 16 months of war that has wreaked havoc on infrastructure and forced millions to flee to flood-prone areas.
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