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- ↑ "Dawn Daily: United Nations estimates damage caused by Sudan floods". Archived from the original on 2 January 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2007.
- ↑ "Floods affect 300,000 across Sudan". الجزيرة (قناة). 23 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2019-09-09. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ "السودان.. فيضانات تقتل وتصيب عشرات | الحرة". www.alhurra.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- ↑ "فيضانات السودان.. عشرات القتلى و100 ألف منزل منهار وإعلان البلاد منطقة كوارث طبيعية". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- ↑ "Sudan - Rainy Season Summary (May–October) (Update 009) | Displacement". displacement.iom.int. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
- ↑ "(Updated) Sudan – Flood Death Toll Rises, Nile Climbs Above Alert Level in Khartoum – FloodList". floodlist.com. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ↑ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Devastation in South Sudan following fourth year of historic floods". UNHCR. Retrieved 2022-10-30.