About 3,100 households urgently need relief food and shelter in Nyirol County of Jonglei State after they were displaced by rising floods in Ayod County.

Local authorities say the displaced are mostly women and children.

Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Saturday, Makuei Puok, the acting county commissioner, said the displaced got no humanitarian assistance since they started arriving in the county’s Leek village in October.

“Since last month, we have received a total of 3,100 families from the areas of Mogog, Wau, and Ayod. Those from the surrounding villages have also gone to the Leek area. Leek village is elevated,” Makuei explained.

“In the settlement, there is no food, shelters, clean drinking water and access to basic healthcare services,” he added.

On his part, Peter Mabil, the Executive Director for the defunct Bieh State Secretariat, appealed to the government and aid agencies in Jonglei to intervene by providing the flood victims with food and shelters. 

The majority of areas in parts of Jonglei have been overrun by floodwaters since July, leaving the locals vulnerable to harsh conditions.

According to the country’s Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC), 350,000 people have been displaced by the floods across Jonglei, and they direly need relief aids.