Flooding in Warrap State. (Photo: Courtesy).

Warrap State government said Twic County is facing a dire humanitarian situation caused by influx of people from Sudan and widespread flooding that has unusually prevailed into the dry season, leaving people stranded in submerged villages.

In an assessment visit to Twic on January 4, Governor Gen. Francis Marial Abur, appealed to humanitarian agencies and the national government to respond to the floods crisis that has since resulted in severe hunger.

“Between Turalei and Wunrok, I got all the villages are submerged underwater as you can see. The whole Twic area is almost underwater,” he said, in a video statement posted on state-owned television SSBC.

“With this, I would like to appeal to the humanitarian wings and the national government at least to quickly respond to the call of hunger and the settlement of those displaced by the floods.”

On his part, Mario Ajak, Deputy Speaker of Warrap State parliament said several villages have been laid to waste by the floods and abandoned, with mud houses collapsed.

Ajak said many areas including Paniyok and Akoc are not assessible to the state government due to flooding. He appeals for food, shelters and drugs for the displaced populations.

“All the houses have crumbled because of water. Some areas like Paniyok and Akoc, you cannot access them, we cannot go to those places because floods.”

“So I call upon humanitarian agencies to lend their hand of support to the people of Twic and provides assistance in terms of drugs, food and shelters to enable them to push forward.”

More than 1.4 million people have been impacted by floods in 43 counties and the Abyei Administrative Area, with nearly 400,000 displaced, the UN humanitarian agency said.

Although the countrywide floods situation appeared to have peaked in November 2024, it has unusually continued to wreak havoc in Warrap State particularly in Twic and Tonj regions.

The national cabinet passed a 78 million budget in July 2024 to respond to the flooding that was already forecast to affect 3 million people, but that amount was never released.

On Sunday, Gen. Marial made an assessment visit to returnees and refugees who fled the Sudan conflict and are camped in Wunrok Payam, to access their situation.

The governor made an urgent appeal to aid agencies and well wishers to support the affected population with food items, none items, and medicines.

The governor donated 10 million South Sudan pounds, four bulls, and one borehole to the returnees and refugees in Abyei Dau village. The center hosts over 2,000 returnees and 571 Sudanese refugees.