At least 66 killed in Sudan floods

Khartoum,

At least 66 people were killed during torrential rains that hit wide areas of Sudan in the past week, a Sudanese official has said.

Abdul-Jalil Abdul-Rahim, spokesman of Sudan's National Council for Civil Defense, said 28 others were wounded in the heavy rains, which destroyed 8,993 homes and damaged 14,953 others.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report issued on Sunday that about 38,000 people across Sudan had been affected by rains and floods since the start of the rainy season.

Sudan often witnesses floods caused by heavy rains from June to October.