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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / JONGLEI FLOODS
TRT: 3:29
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 8 SEPTEMBER 2020, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN / FILE
FILE - RECENT - BOR, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Various shots, women walking through flood waters
2. Various shots dogs walking through water
3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Garang Goch, Civil Society Activist, Bor, Jonglei:
“People are very frustrated [not knowing] where they are going to sleep today. It has gone to the extent that people cannot even make small dikes to [divert the] water flow. It is very serious and children, women and old people are critically affected by these floods.”
4. Wide shot, children in water, collecting sand in bags
5. Wide shot, man and woman in water digging up soil and loading it on wheel-barrow
6. Wide shot, children scooping water from their compound and throwing it on the other side of a divide
7. Wide shot, woman in her compound building a makeshift barrier between her compound and flowing flood water
08 SEPTEMBER 2020, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
8. Med shot, Jonglei Governor, Denay Chagor
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Denay Chagor, Jonglei Governor:
“Across the state there are so many problems; there are floods going on – which is a national disaster – it is something that [may not] be a [big] threat [as compared to conflict], but it is something that needs greater attention.”
10. Wide shot, Bulldozer moving soil to divert flood water
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Mabior Atem, Secretary-General, Jonglei:
“We’ve got the UNMISS team and other partners to ensure that the water [levels] do not interfere with the lives of people in Bor town.”
12. Various shots, people moving their belongings on cart through the water
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Deborah Schein, Head of Field Office, UNMISS Jonglei:
“We’re very pleased that this is a collective effort. If you look there, [you will see] the local population putting sandbags all the way around their shops – they’ve closed their shops, in front of their shops – they’ve put sandbags - everybody is putting sandbags [out] to repair the dike and they are doing it manually, by hand - all the children, all the women, all the men, everybody is working together.”
14. Various shots, tractor transporting people through water
15. Wide shot, showing extent of floods in abandoned residential area
16. Various shots, ambulance driving through water
17. Various shots, through street
Across Jonglei State, heavy downpours have caused severe flash floods, particularly in South Bor and Twic East. The rains have swept away homes and belongings and reportedly displaced some 135,000 people.
SOUNDBITE (English) David Garang Goch, Civil Society Activist, Bor, Jonglei:
“People are very frustrated [not knowing] where they are going to sleep today. It has gone to the extent that people cannot even make small dikes to [divert the] water flow. It is very serious and children, women and old people are critically affected by these floods.”
Children, men and women alike, are putting in every effort to stop their homes or businesses from collapsing.
SOUNDBITE (English) Denay Chagor, Jonglei Governor:
“Across the state there are so many problems; there are floods going on – which is a national disaster – it is something that [may not] be a [big] threat [as compared to conflict], but it is something that needs greater attention.”
Engineering troops from South Korea serving with UN Mission in the country (UNMISS) have also been engaged in an ongoing battle against flooding, caused by broken dikes and aggravated by heavy downpours.
Swift action by peacekeepers and the local communities saved the main market and Jonglei’s only hospital from being submerged. In a joint effort, a temporary drainage system was created to lead water from the overflowing White Nile River away from critical roads and parts of town.
SOUNDBITE (English) Mabior Atem, Secretary-General, Jonglei:
“We’ve got the UNMISS team and other partners to ensure that the water [levels] do not interfere with the lives of people in Bor town.”
The dangerously high-water levels compelled UNMISS engineering troops from South Korea to come to the rescue, especially in the Marol Market area, which is a lifeline for traders and community members alike. UN peacekeepers were joined by youth of the local Bor community.
SOUNDBITE (English]: Deborah Schein, Head of Field Office, UNMISS Jonglei
“We’re very pleased that this is a collective effort. If you look there, [you will see] the local population putting sandbags all the way around their shops – they’ve closed their shops, in front of their shops – they’ve put sandbags - everybody is putting sandbags [out] to repair the dike and they are doing it manually, by hand - all the children, all the women, all the men, everybody is working together.”
Some homes nonetheless remain deserted due to persistent flood waters.
