The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Salman, offered their condolences to Sudan over the collapse of a dam in Red Sea state, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
On Friday, King Salman sent a cable of condolences to the chairman of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, extending his deepest condolences and sincere sympathy to Al-Burhan, the victims’ families, and the Sudanese people. Moreover, King Salman wished the injured speedy recovery.
Similarly, the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, sent a cable of condolences to Al-Burhan. The Crown Prince expressed his deepest condolences and sincere sympathy to the chairman of the Sovereignty Council, the families of the deceased, and the Sudanese people. He hoped for the swift recovery of the injured.
On Sunday, Arbaat Dam, located 40 kilometers north of Port Sudan, collapsed as a result of heavy rains and floods, leading to the destruction of 20 villages and the death of at least 30 people. Between 150-200 people were missing as a result of the dam collapse, which some people compare to the disaster that hit Libya’s Derna city last year when storms caused several dams to burst, sweeping buildings and killing thousands of people.
The flooding has impacted the homes of about 50,000 people in Sudan, according to the UN. Arbaat Dam was the main source of water for Port Sudan, which has become the de-facto capital of Sudan and a base for the government and aid agencies, as well as hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
