The United Nations and an aid organization have indicated that heavy rains caused by monsoons in South Darfur in western Sudan have killed at least 7 people, including children. Friday evening in Kass, South Darfur,” noting that the dead included a pregnant woman and two boys aged between two and eight.

It is also reported that at least 100 houses in camps for displaced persons collapsed or were partially damaged. In turn, the coordinator of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Toby Harvard, reported the dead and posted footage on Twitter showing flooded areas and houses.

He also stressed that UNHCR and its partners are working to provide humanitarian assistance to the affected areas. Seasonal floods have killed more than 80 people and flooded tens of thousands of homes across Sudan between July and September last year.