SOUTH SUDAN / KIIR FLOODING

President Salva Kiir  announced that his government had set aside seven million South Sudanese Pounds (just over USD 2,000,000 ) to help flood victims. Over 223,000 people have been affected by the flooding in six States in the country. UNMISS

 

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:07
• Production Date: 12 September 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DISASTER RELIEF; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U130912e

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / KIIR FLOODS
TRT: 02:07
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS

DATELINE: 12 SEPTEMBER, 2013, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, people arriving
2. Wide shot, journalists
3. Med shot, president at podium
4. Wide shot, photographer
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Salva Kiir Mayardit, President, South Sudan:
“Indeed, Hydro metrological readings indicate a steady rise in water, in water levels and rain fall. Meaning that flooding may increase or remain stagnant on the ground for a relatively long period.”
6. Med shot, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Salva Kiir Mayardit, President, South Sudan:
“On Friday the 6th of September 2013 the Task Force submitted its report to the council of ministers for your Government. The Report shows that approximately 37,238 households which is equivalent to a total of 223,430 people are affected.”
8. Med shot, journalist
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Salva Kiir Mayardit, President, South Sudan:
“To this end your Government has approved the sum of seven million South Sudanese pounds for the supply of the much needed items. We understand that our partners are supporting us with the provision of various food items. We sincerely appreciate and thank our partners for the great work they are doing in support of our people.”
10. Pan, press room

Storyline

South Sudan' s president, Salva Kiir, announced at a press conference on Thursday (12 Sept) that his government had set aside seven million South Sudanese Pounds (just over USD 2,000,000 ) to help flood victims saying that floods had affected over 223,000 people.

SOUNDBITE (English) Salva Kiir Mayardit, President, South Sudan:
“To this end your Government has approved the sum of seven million South Sudanese pounds for the supply of the much needed items. We understand that our partners are supporting us with the provision of various food items. We sincerely appreciate and thank our partners for the great work they are doing in support of our people.”

Heavy rains have been pounding vast areas of South Sudan for the last three months, flooding various towns and destroying homesteads across the country. The president is 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) Salva Kiir Mayardit, President, South Sudan:
“On Friday the 6th of September 2013 the Task Force submitted its report to the council of ministers for your Government. The Report shows that approximately 37,238 households which is equivalent to a total of 223,430 people are affected.”

The 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.

South Sudan’s rainy season last lasts six to seven months, but this year the rains have been quite heavy, and this has led to a loss of crop, damaged an already weak infrastructure and damaged and submerged numerous homes in the affected areas.

SOUNDBITE (English) Salva Kiir Mayardit, President, South Sudan:
“Indeed, Hydro metrological readings indicate a steady rise in water, in water levels and rain fall. Meaning that flooding may increase or remain stagnant on the ground for a relatively long period.”

Meanwhile, the United Nations has been assisting local authorities in areas affected by widespread flooding and recent torrential rains – for example in Bor, Jonglei State, the South Korean Engineering Company have built dikes along the river Nile. Equipped with excavators and oil pressure cranes they fortified the banks of the Nile to deter further floods and contain rising waters.