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South Sudan Flooding Situation Report 5 November 2021: 1. Highlights

Over 760,000 people have been affected by flooding in South Sudan, with 77% located in Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile states. Flooding has destroyed homes, infrastructure, and farmland, displacing thousands who now shelter in schools and churches. Access to those displaced is challenging due to damaged roads and infrastructure and ongoing heavy rains. Nearly 300,000 people received food assistance in September and October while over 170,000 received shelter and supplies, but continued rains and funding constraints are hampering response efforts. The situation remains dire in several counties and there is risk of further flooding in Bentiu as waters levels rise dangerously. Plans estimate that 650,000 people could be impacted by floods expected to continue

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South Sudan Flooding Situation Report 5 November 2021: 1. Highlights

Over 760,000 people have been affected by flooding in South Sudan, with 77% located in Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile states. Flooding has destroyed homes, infrastructure, and farmland, displacing thousands who now shelter in schools and churches. Access to those displaced is challenging due to damaged roads and infrastructure and ongoing heavy rains. Nearly 300,000 people received food assistance in September and October while over 170,000 received shelter and supplies, but continued rains and funding constraints are hampering response efforts. The situation remains dire in several counties and there is risk of further flooding in Bentiu as waters levels rise dangerously. Plans estimate that 650,000 people could be impacted by floods expected to continue

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South Sudan Flooding Situation Report

5 November 2021
1. HIGHLIGHTS

 760K people affected1 by flooding.


 77% of people affected are in Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile.
 294K people reached with food assistance in Sep/Oct.
 31 flood-affected counties out of 78.

2-SITUATION OVERVIEW
 Early seasonal rains resulted in the Nile river, Sudd wetlands, the Lol and Sobat rivers to
overflow, flooding vast areas of land and settlements. Some 623,000 people have been
affected by flooding as of mid-October. To date, people in Jonglei are the worst affected
state (278,000 people), followed by Unity (188,000 people), Northern Bahr el Ghazal
(102,000 people) and Upper Nile (45,000). The flooding has displaced thousands of people
who have taken refuge on higher ground within their county, with many sheltering in
churches, and schools. The situation in Fangak, Aweil East, Twic East, Rubkona, Panyikang,
Panyijar, Leer, Maiwut, and Fashoda counties is dire. The flood waters continue to rise, and
water barriers that were poorly built with sandy soil are overflowing and further inundating
an already fragile community. Access to the flooddisplaced people is being done by canoes,
complicating humanitarian efforts to reach people in flooded and remote areas. The
displaced people are grappling with severe flooding that has destroyed property,
infrastructure, and farmland.

 Continued heavy rains, infrastructure damage and reduced physical accessibility, funding
constraints and insecurity have hampered the flood response especially in remote areas. The
Shelter/NFI Cluster requires an additional $8.2 million to meet the rising needs.

 Some 294,000 people were reached with food assistance in September and October. Some
174,000 people have been reached with shelter and non-food items support as of 31
October. Between 1 May and 31 October, 2,355 metric tons (MT) of assorted humanitarian
cargo was transported by air, road and river.

 In Bentiu, flood waters are dangerously high, despite ongoing dykes repair and maintenance
work. As of 31 October, the Kulkal IDP settlement is flooded and there is a high risk of Bentiu
town, IDP camp and airstrip being submerged. Maintaining the operational nature of the
airstrip is critical as the main supply road between Bentiu and Juba is cut off due to flooding.
The Government, local and humanitarian community and UNMISS are working tirelessly with
heavy machinery to keep the water at bay and prevent further flooding of vital
infrastructure.

 Access to essential milk supplies in a time when essential basic services are often unavailable.

3.PREDICTION
 The ICCG have agreed on a planning figure of 650,000 based on historical data and the
expectation that the floods will continue until February next year, similar to 2019 and 2020.
The 65 per cent is derived from the ratio of number of floodaffected people early September
this year (400,000) compared to the number of flood-affected people in September 2020
(600,000). A planning figure, as part of contingency planning, allows clusters to ensure that
the core-pipelines of emergency response items are timely and sufficiently stocked for
emergency response. The planning figure remains subject to review.

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