According to the UN’s humanitarian agency Ocha, floods have impacted more than a million people in South Sudan throughout a large portion of the nation.
Rising seas have forced more than a quarter of individuals, many of whom are in the north, from their homes.
According to Ocha, the displaced were moving to higher terrain in search of safety, but the rains have also made it more challenging to deliver help to those in need.
With a population of over 11 million, South Sudan has seen some of its worst flood seasons in recent memory.
112,000 people have lost their homes in Pibor, in the east, according to a local government assistance organization.
The administration warned the world community in May that the country would likely see extraordinary floods in the months that followed.
According to Ocha, the delivery of vital humanitarian aid to around 500,000 people across the nation has been hampered by the impassability of 15 major supply routes since the rains started.
All of this occurs while South Sudan is still dealing with the fallout from the 18-month civil conflict in neighboring Sudan.
Since April of last year, more than half a million South Sudanese refugees and returnees have been officially registered in South Sudan.
Ocha cautioned that South Sudan, which is already dealing with a deteriorating humanitarian crisis, is becoming much more overburdened in its capacity to respond.
