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East Africa Flooding Forces 1.5 Million from Homes Amid Historic Rainfall

HeadlineOct 07, 2020

The United Nations says seasonal flooding in East Africa has impacted 6 million people this year — with a million and a half people forced from their homes. Nearly every state in Sudan has been affected, and much of South Sudan, too, with parts of the region recording the heaviest rainfall in a century.

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