By Khalid AbdelazizKHARTOUM (Reuters) - Flood waters in Sudan have reached the highest levels on record, killing dozens of people, destroying thousands of homes and encroaching on some neighbourhoods of the capital Khartoum. The flooding comes despite Ethiopia starting to fill the reservoir behind a giant new dam upstream on the Blue Nile in July. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is expected to help Sudan control future floods. Blue Nile waters would continue to rise in the coming days, said Abdelrahman Sughairun, head of the ministry's flood committee. "After the filling of the Renaissance Dam it's expected that floods won't happen," Abbas said.

Source: Ethiopian News August 27, 2020 17:37 UTC