Relentless Downpour Submerges Twic East
Three straight days of unseasonal rain have turned Twic East County in Jonglei State into a watery maze (state radio reports).
Locals compare the scene to an inland sea, with market stalls, clinics and schools sitting under brown floodwater.
Displacement Figures Rise by the Hour
Lawmakers estimate that more than 50,000 people have trekked to nearby levees and church grounds now serving as improvised camps (parliament transcript).
Families crowd under tarpaulins, sharing the little food salvaged from flooded homes, while wells are contaminated and malaria fears mount.
Lawmakers Push for Immediate Response
Deng Dau Deng, the constituency MP, told the Transitional National Legislative Assembly that water pumps, fuel and mobile clinics must arrive ‘yesterday’ to avoid hunger and disease.
He added that his office has secured generators but needs helicopters to move them across roads now buried beneath chest-deep water.
Pochalla Experiences Parallel Flood Emergency
Across the White Nile, the Akobo River burst its banks in Pochalla County, sweeping away granaries and livestock (eyewitness accounts).
MP David Okwier Akway reported entire villages flattened between Pochalla South and Boma, leaving residents marooned without shelter.
Seasonal Floods Erode Community Resilience
Jonglei and Greater Pibor have endured five successive flood seasons, a pattern experts link to La Niña-driven shifts in regional rainfall (UN OCHA data).
Humanitarian groups warn that repeated shocks erode resilience, forcing communities to rely almost entirely on government coordination and external aid.