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SOUTH SUDAN / FLOODING WRAP
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / FLOODING WRAP
TRT: 3:30
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / FLOODS
DATELINE: SEPTEMBER 5-9, 2013, VARIOUS LOCATIONS NOTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL SOUTH SUDAN
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013, WONDRUK, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, people in the water crossing
2. Med shot, people in the water crossing
3. Med shot, policeman swimming to rescue a woman
4. Med shot, Woman and Policeman
5. Wide shot, policeman carrying woman out of water
6. Med shot, policeman walking back
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Santino Deng, Policeman:
“This place takes a lot of people many people had been taken in this place, and there are houses across there if we go now, you will find people are really suffering whenever they come here to cross, the water takes them.”
8. Wide shot, houses flooded
9. Wide shot, houses flooded
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Atem Ghor Deng, Resident of Wonduk:
“As you can see water has destroyed houses and you can see my children are moving on water, they sleep outside these days even no shelter and mosquito biting them.”
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013, TURELEI, SOUTH SUDAN
11. Wide shot, a girl walking in water
12. Med shot, collapsed house
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Former Commissioner of Twic County, Malek Ring Makuei:
“Disaster of Twich County which is affected by the flood of rain, make a disaster to all villages especially the Bomas.”
14. Wide shot, woman walking
15. Wide shot, girl carrying water
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sandra Henry, Resident of Turalei:
“When rain comes I don’t sleep fully, I sleep with one ear if I hear something I just walk out thinking that maybe the house will fall on me. Because you see that house fell down and all the utensils are inside.”
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013, MAYEN ABUN, SOUTH SUDAN
17. Wide shot, sign post and water on road
18. Med shot, sign post
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013, TURALEI, SOUTH SUDAN
19. Wide shot, UN vehicle in front of the Tuaralei County Support Base compound
20. Close up, United Nation Police driving
21. Close up, changing car gears
22. Wide shot, United Nation Vehicle
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013, TURALEI, SOUTH SUDAN
23. SOUNDBITE (English): Malick Sey, United Nation Police
“We have witnessed and we have seen many places affected by the water and they are still floods at those places. Even the entrance of Mayen Abun is full of water people cannot have access to come out or in.”
24. Wide shot, old woman crossing flooded road
25. Med shot, legs of Old woman crossing
26. Wide shot, Girls crossing
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013, AYEN ABUN, SOUTH SUDAN
27. SOUNDBITE (English) Boma Authority Luka Kuot Jak Lual:
“It is national flood it actually destroyed all villages and crops and even animals were evacuated all villages were evacuated.”
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013, AWENG, SOUTH SUDAN
28. Wide shot, truck stuck on the road
29. Med shot truck’s wheel stuck on the road
30. Wide shot, trucks on the road.
31. SOUNDBITE (English) United Nations Police Shyam Mehta
“Conditions here as you can see many vehicles are stuck on the road from Turalei to Ajakuatch and people are just moving on foot.”
32. Arial shot showing flooded locations
One cannot tell it now, but on normal days, this flooded road is dry and dusty.
With no alternative paths to go through because of heavy rains, residents of Wondruk have to brave flood waters to get onto the other side.
This lone woman waded through flood waters which collected along this walk way, only to be saved from drowning, by a lone policeman on patrol in the area. She waded through the water, following others who had gone the same path, but she was overwhelmed by the water.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Santino Deng, Policeman:
“This place takes a lot of people many people had been taken in this place, and there are houses across there if we go now, you will find people are really suffering whenever they come here to cross, the water takes them.”
Over the last couple of months, thousands of families across South Sudan have been affected by torrential rains. Their homes and crops have been destroyed, and some have fallen ill due to water borne diseases or malaria passed on by mosquitoes which breed in stagnant waters.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Atem Ghor Deng, Resident of Wonduk
“As you can see water has destroyed houses and you can see my children are moving on water, they sleep outside these days even no shelter and mosquito biting them.”
Heavy rains have been pounding vast areas of South Sudan for the last three months flooding various towns and destroying homesteads across the country and this resulted to the president setting up a taskforce comprised of nine government ministers, aimed at mapping out flood affected areas to ascertain the magnitude of the flooding.
SOUNDBITE (English) Former Commissioner of Twic County, Malek Ring Makuei:
“Disaster of Twich County which is affected by the flood of rain, make a disaster to all villages especially the Bomas.”
Sandra Henry does not sleep well at night. Her neighbor’s house was destroyed and she is afraid that any heavy rain that pours will also affect her house.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sandra Henry, Resident of Turalei:
“When rain comes I don’t sleep fully, I sleep with one ear if I hear something I just walk out thinking that maybe the house will fall on me. Because you see that house fell down and all the utensils are inside.”
With roads flooding, different paths have to be sought. Driving through much of the area is difficult for lots of vehicles.
SOUNDBITE (English): Malick Sey, United Nation Police
“We have witnessed and we have seen many places affected by the water and they are still floods at those places. Even the entrance of Mayen Abun is full of water people cannot have access to come out or in.”
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is assisting local authorities in areas affected by widespread flooding and torrential rains. In Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Warrap states, UNMISS provided helicopters flights for states’ local authorities and ministries to carry out their own needs assessments over portions of the main Aweil-Gok Macher highway washed away by heavy rainfalls. UNMISS and the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is currently looking at ways to release excavators for local authorities to carry out repairs with adequate equipment.
SOUNDBITE (English) Boma Authority Luka Kuot Jak Lual:
“It is national flood it actually destroyed all villages and crops and even animals were evacuated all villages were evacuated.”
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Thursday (September 12) )announced that over 200,000 people had been affected by floods which may persist. He at the same time announced that his government was dedicating up to two million USD to assist flood victims who were in need of humanitarian assistance.
SOUNDBITE (English) United Nations Police Shyam Mehta
“Conditions here as you can see many vehicles are stuck on the road from Turalei to Ajakuatch and people are just moving on foot.”
Flooding has affected six States in the Country; Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Unity, Upper Nile, Warrap, Western Bahr el Ghazal and Lakes States where rivers have burst their banks and flooded homesteads and roads.
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