South Sudan Flooding Snapshot #2

590K people targeted

SOUTH SUDAN Flooding Snapshot As of 21 September 2020

625K 360K 34 12 29 people affected people targeted with flood-affected counties priority counties affected counties with flood response identiﬁed response ongoing SITUATION UPDATE PEOPLE AFFECTED AND DISPLACED BY FLOODS

An estimated 625,000 people have been affected by flooding in areas along the White Nile since July with nearly 90 per cent of those people affected and displaced to people affected and affected in Jonglei, Lakes and Upper Nile states. The numbers and higher ground within county displaced from their county water levels are expected to rise in the coming months. Renk Rapid needs assessments have now been completed in the majority lake/swamp area of the 34 counties affected by the flooding. Of the 34 counties affected, SUDAN 18 are in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) and 11 in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency).1 Humanitarians are responding in all affected counties. Ayod, Bor South White Nile and Duk counties in Jonglei, Awerial in Lakes, and Panyijiar and Koch Fashoda counties in Unity are identified as a high priority for a scale-up in Abyei region Pariang operations, where physical access allows. Light humanitarian hubs are Baliet UPPER NILE planned in the most affected areas to overcome operational Abiemnon constraints caused by the flooding and COVID-19 related measures. UNITY Longochuk Aweil West Canal/Pigi People affected and The Humanitarian Coordinator will allocate US$10 million from the NORTHERN displaced WESTERN BAHR Koch Maiwut South Sudan Humanitarian Fund and explore a possible allocation BAHR EL GHAZAL 150,000 EL GHAZAL from the UN's Central Emergency Response Fund, complementing WARRAP Leer ETHIOPIAAyod 100,000 bilateral funding sources. Together, these would enable a Mayendit three-pronged response to the floods: 50,000 Duk JONGLEI 25,000 • Immediate relief to flood-affected people Twic East Panyijiar • Community-based support Rumbek Pochalla LIVELIHOOD Cueibet Centre Twic East • Enabling the humanitarian response Yirol East Rumbek East Bor South Bor South ETHIOPIA FLOOD-AFFECTED PEOPLE BY STATE LAKES Yirol West Pibor Awerial Awerial Wulu Jonglei 230K WESTERN 21K+ EQUATORIA Terekeka Mingkaman Ibba Maridi Lakes 147K Mundri West

Unity 83K Juba EASTERN EQUATORIA Central Equatoria 42K 19K+ CENTRAL EASTERNDEMOCRATIC EQUATORIA Upper Nile 15K 87% Juba of people affected are EQUATORIAREPUBLIC OF THE KENYA CONGO Western Equatoria 9K in Jonglei, Lakes and Unity UGANDA The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply ofﬁcial endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Final boundary between the Republic of South Sudan and the Republic of Sudan has not yet 0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 been determined. Final status of Abyei area is not yet determined. Creation date: 21 September 2020 | Sources: OCHA, FEWS NET, humanitarian partners in South Sudan | Feedback: [email protected] | unocha.org/south-sudan | reliefweb.int/country/ssd | southsudan.humanitarianresponse.info | @OCHASouthSudan | 1. FEWS NET Food Security Outlook for August-September SOUTH SUDAN Flooding Snapshot As of 21 September 2020

FOOD SECURITY OUTLOOK AUG-SEP (FEWS NET) ASSESSMENTS RESPONSE

11 counties in IPC 4 (Emergency) Inital Rapid Needs Assessments Other assessments Priority counties completed planned completed scale-up of response 18 counties in IPC 3 (Crisis)

UPPER NILE UPPER NILE NORTHERN Pariang UNITY BAHR EL GHAZAL UNITY UNITY NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL Ayod WARRAP WARRAP Panyijiar Rumbek Duk Center JONGLEI JONGLEI Rumbek Twic East North JONGLEI Bor South LAKES Pibor LAKES Rumbek LAKES East WESTERN Awerial EQUATORIA WESTERN WESTERN EQUATORIA EQUATORIA Juba CENTRAL CENTRAL CENTRAL EQUATORIA EQUATORIA EQUATORIA fews.net/east-africa/south-sudan

RESPONSE STRATEGY RESPONSE PRIORITIES

The priority counties identified in the response map above are based IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO FLOOD-AFFECTED PEOPLE PHASE ONE EMERGENCY RESPONSE on needs assessments conducted in areas with high numbers of flood-affected people and counties in IPC Phases 3 and 4. Counties Key immediate needs include food, water purification with recent outbreaks of violence and displacement, and where water tablets, plastic sheeting for temporary shelter, mosquito levels are forecasted to remain high for the next three months with nets, fishing kits, basic health items including anti-venom the potential for disease outbreak, will also be a priority. Clusters are for snake bites, and the replenishment of medicine, HEALTH PROTECTION NUTRITION FOOD SHELTER/NFI LIVELIHOOD WASH targeting 360,000 people with emergency services and 625,000 nutritional supplies and dignity kits. people with community-based services such as boreholes, health HOUSEHOLD LEVEL COMMUNITY LEVEL facilities, nutrition centres and referral pathways. COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT Food assistance, fishing kits, Rehabilitation and WASH NFI distribution, COVID-19 chlorination of water Cash-for-work and food-for-work assistance are part of the package, nutrition supplies, sources, replenishment of CHALLENGES AND GAPS community-based approach to the floods. The provision emergency shelter/NFIs and medical, nutritional supplies of drugs and other support to existing health and nutrition protection services and dignity kits facilities, the repair of rehabilitation of boreholes, dykes and latrines, and other community services will enable CONFLICT ACCESS COVID-19 FUNDS PARTNERS affected people to return home once water levels recede. PHASE TWO RESILIENCE SUPPORT

The majority of affected counties are still underwater, with airstrips REPAIR BUILD VACCINATE ADVOCATE submerged, complicating the transport of humanitarian goods and ENABLING THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE personnel. Humanitarian organizations are diverting resources to the Light and tented humanitarian hubs will be setup for flood response from their pipelines allocated for regular programmes. partners to stay and deliver life-saving assistance in Distribution of seeds and tools, animal vaccinations, rehabilitation The government has committed to provide access and security for hard-to-reach, flood-affected locations. Without the of boreholes, latrines and schools, and advocacy with authorities the flood response. More funding and partner presence on the ground hubs, it will be difficult to scale up effectively and and development partners to engage in disaster risk reduction and is needed to meet the growing needs. respond. climate change adaptation activities