Flooding in Sudan kills more than 100 people, threatens archeological site

Sandbags line a stone wall to mitigate flood water damage to a structure at the archeological site of Meroe, in the Sudanese al-Bajrawia area, on Sept. 9, 2020.Flash floods in Sudan have killed more than 100 people this summer and inundated over 100,000 houses, threatening even a famous archeological site near the capital of Khartoum and compounding the country’s already dire economic situation, officials said.

The site – called the “Island of Meroe” because of its proximity to the Nile River – was the heartland of the Kingdom of Kush, a major power in the ancient world from the 8th century B.C. to the 4th century.Abdel-Sawy told The Associated Press on Friday that parts of the ancient site, located 200 kilometres northeast of Khartoum, have become submerged. Workers have pumped the water and erected sandbag barricades to protect the site, he added.

Flash floods, which have struck much of Sudan since late July, forced authorities earlier this month to declare the country a natural disaster area and impose a three-month state of emergency. Seasonal heavy rainfall, mostly in neighbouring Ethiopia, have swelled the Nile, causing water levels to rise 17 and a half meters, or about 57 feet, in August, the highest level in almost a century, according to the Sudanese Irrigation Ministry.

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