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November 1, 2019
The government of South Sudan has declared a stateof emergency in flood-hit areas following weeks of heavy rain.
President Salva Kiir said the state of emergencycovers 30 counties in Bahr El Ghazal, Upper Nile and Equatoria regions.
Kiir’s order made no mention of measures to be takento assist people affected by floods, but urged government and humanitarianorganisations to help people in need.
The UN Office for Coordination for HumanitarianAffairs said last week Nearly a one million people in South Sudan have beenaffected by heavy flooding.
Severe floods had devastated large areas of thecountry since July, submerging entire communities and forced hundreds of thousandsfrom their homes, it said.
An estimated 908,000 people have reportedly beenaffected.