Sudan's Civil Defense evacuated more than 500 families from the town of Wad Madani, north of the capital, Khartoum, after floods swept through the town on Tuesday morning.
The official Sudanese News Agency (SUNA) reported that Kamal Awad Al-Karim, the acting executive director of Khartoum Locality, "inspected a number of vulnerable areas on the banks of the White and Blue Niles".