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South Sudan - Aburoc, Fashoda County, Upper Nile State: Inter-Agency Flood Assessment - October 2021

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Aburoc, IDPs Site, Dethwok Payma, Fashoda County, Upper Nile State had been hit hard by flooding since July 2021 to date, the flooding had expanded the IDP settlement and the surrounding villages of Aburoc namely (Pa-Awinajak, Pajoj, Omath, Erock, Abuman, Pa-akui, Panyawanh, Palwang, Alel-Amol, Alel-Ojwed, Chewngar, Achob, Nyiming and Pa-awangkak) The partners and the local authorities in Aburoc carried out initial rapid needs assessment on flood between 19th and 20th October 2021,in Aburoc IDP site and the surrounding villages. headed by the world vision representing the OCHA on the ground, of which roughly 808 HHs, 4,614 individuals in Aburoc IDP site and surround areas affected. Most of the households in Aburoc and Surrouding villages entirely moved their homes to dry lands.

In Febuary this year DRC CCCM conducted flood assessment within the camp targeting affected shelters of total of 45 households ( 251 ) individuals affected in Aburoc IDPs settlement.The registered affected households were supported with Shelter NFIs, (Plastic sheet, mosqitoe nets, plastic rope, ),however the current flooding has extended to inland areas and seriously flooded larger area within Aburoc settlement and surrounding villages compared to the previous flooding.

During the assessment the team had found out that many household and families were much affected compared to last season flooding which partially affected few households, but this time many houses are standing deep in side the water, and mojarities of families had evacuated to higher locations in Aburoc camp, some are still moving to new identified location, while many host community villages are engulfed into highland making it difficult for them to cross from villages to village, to making it worst the only dyke conneting the seven (7) blocks of Aburoc from wastern to estern side of the camp was submerged by water making it difficults for the residents to cross from one side to another.