Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth says thousands of residents have been forced to leave their homes. The death toll, now believed to be over a hundred dead, has not yet been officially determined. President Salva Kiir has also appealed for foreign support.
In 2021, over 800,000 people were affected by floods. The extent of the natural disasters reinforced by the fact that floods have occurred in the last three years.
The floods also mean that diseases and infections that spread through water gain a foothold in the country. People also suffer from an increased number of snakebites as the floods attract poisonous snakes to densely populated areas.