1988 Sudan floods

Natural disaster in Sudan In early August 1988, severe floods struck Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.January 6, 1989 International Notes Health Assessment of the Population Affected by Flood Conditions -- Khartoum, Sudan https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001323.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20010219105126/http://www.cdc.gov:80/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/00001323.htm 2001-02-19 2020-10-15 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report US Centers for Disease Control On August 4, the Khartoum area received 8.4 inches (210 mm) of rain in 24 hours, more than twice the usual annual rainfall. Heavy rains also fell on August 11 and 13. The rains and subsequent ground flooding destroyed an estimated 127,000 dwellings that had housed approximately 750,000 inhabitants (most of whom had previously been displaced from elsewhere in Sudan). In addition, food and water supplies, sanitation, transportation, and communications were seriously disrupted. Eighty people died in the flooding.Kramer Robert S. https://books.google.com/books?id=0OKZRewiEOsC&dq=august+1988+floods+sudan&pg=PR48 Historical Dictionary of the Sudan Lobban Richard A. Jr. Fluehr-Lobban Carolyn 2013-03-22 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-7940-9 xlviii en References Category:20th-century floods in Africa Category:1980s floods Category:1988 natural disasters Floods Category:Floods in Sudan Sudan floods Category:1988 disasters in Africa Category:20th-century disasters in Sudan