It's the latest crisis for a country already gripped by military conflict and suffering a cholera outbreak.
eastern Red Sea state collapsed and sent water flooding over nearby homes, killing at least four people, the country's health ministry said. Media reports said scores of people were missing.
The statement said at least four people had died in the floodwaters but did not give an estimate of how many were missing. However, a local official told the Sudanese news site Al-Tagheer that he believed there to be at least 60 dead. Amr Eissa Taher, the head water resources official for the Red Sea state, said the damage was extensive.
The war has wrecked civilian infrastructure and an already battered healthcare system. It has killed thousands of people and pushed many into starvation, with famine already confirmed in a sprawling camp for displaced people in the wrecked northern region of Darfur. WHO said an initial cholera vaccination campaign in Kassala in eastern Sudan has reached more than 50,000 people. It said more than 450,000 additional doses of oral cholera vaccine are in the pipeline to be delivered.
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