Dozens of people have been reported killed after a dam collapsed in northeastern Sudan, as the country deals with heavy rainfall leading to disastrous floodwaters.
In a statement, the ministry said that the Arbaat dam had collapsed and that resources had been deployed to the area to help the people who had been stranded.
The statement said at least four people had died in the floodwaters but did not give an estimate of how many were missing.
However, a local official said that he believed there to be at least 60 dead. Amr Eissa Taher, the headwater resources official for the Red Sea state, said the damage was extensive.
The Sudanese news outlet Medameek, citing the country’s air force, reported more than 100 people were missing, and that many other villagers had climbed to rocky hilltops to avoid the rising waters.
The dam, in a remote area 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Port Sudan, supplied drinking water to the Red Sea city.
