Strong torrents swept through the outskirts of the city of Port Sudan in eastern Sudan, and communication centers in Sudan watched horrifying scenes yesterday Wednesday as water poured onto roads and neighborhoods in the coastal city.
The Red Sea State Department of Education announced the suspension of classes today Thursday and is requiring all schools in the public and non-public sectors to make today an official holiday to ensure the safety of male and female students due to bad weather and lack of transportation due to incessant rains. The city of Port Sudan has been hit by torrential rain for long hours, turning into heavy rain, and the meteorological office was expecting a new wave of rain today, Thursday.
Local sources said that the Salalab Bridges and Shakra areas are considered the most affected, as the floods swept through these areas in huge quantities and caused the collapse of houses and small bridges and washed out internal roads, and the floods cut off the road. leads to the Shakr area, west of the city. There is great dissatisfaction among citizens due to poor and slow drainage of stagnant water in the city center and near markets, in light of fears of deteriorating sanitary conditions and the spread of infectious diseases. Port Sudan is the main port of Sudan on the Red Sea coast, about 670 km east of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, characterized by a rainy climate during the winter season.
