US EditionSurging Nile waters inundate Egypt and Sudan, revive dispute over Ethiopian mega-dam
Flooding submerged over 2,000 acres of farmland and damaged homes, forcing evacuations amid disputes over Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam water releases.
- This past week rising Nile waters inundated homes and fields in Menoufia and Beheira Governorates, forcing residents to move by boat while farmers lost crops including strawberries, corn, rice, clover, and sesame.
- Following a late-season surge from Ethiopia through Sudan, authorities said discharges jumped to about 485 million on September 10 and 780 million on September 27, straining dams.
- Water levels rose by 1.4 meters above normal, trapping some homes and halting fishing, while the U.N. migration agency reported about 1,200 families displaced last week in Sudan.
- Monufiya Governorate raised bridges, evacuated homes, ordered encroachment removal, and formed an Agriculture and Irrigation Directorates joint committee while Minister of Irrigation Hani Sweilam demanded immediate discharge restoration.
- The Ethiopian Water and Energy Ministry said regulated releases from the $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reduced flood impacts and that without them, heavy rain `would have caused historic destruction in Sudan and Egypt`.
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Nile floods hit Egypt, Sudan, spark new Ethiopia dam dispute
Rising Nile waters inundated homes and fields in northern Egypt over the weekend, forcing residents to move by boat and intensifying a war of words between Cairo and Addis Ababa over whether Ethiopia's giant Nile dam has worsened seasonal floods. In the Nile Delta village of Dalhamo, in Menoufia Governorate, some 50 km (31 miles) northwest of Cairo, men paddled wooden boats through narrow lanes where water lapped at the walls of their homes. "We…
Surging Nile inundates Egypt, Sudan
Rising Nile waters inundated homes and fields in northern Egypt over the weekend, forcing residents to move by boat and intensifying a war of words between Cairo and Addis Ababa over whether Ethiopia's giant Nile dam has worsened seasonal floods. In the Nile Delta village of Dalhamo, in Menoufia Governorate, some 50 km (31 miles) northwest of Cairo, men paddled wooden boats through narrow lanes where water lapped at the walls of their homes. "We…
Surging Nile Waters Inundate Egypt and Sudan, Revive Row over Ethiopian Mega-Dam
Rising Nile waters inundated homes and fields in northern Egypt over the weekend, forcing residents to move by boat and intensifying a war of words between Cairo and Addis Ababa over whether Ethiopia's giant Nile dam has worsened seasonal floods. In the Nile Delta village of Dalhamo, in Menoufia Governorate, some 50 km (31 miles) northwest of Cairo, men paddled wooden boats through narrow lanes where water lapped at the walls of their homes.
Rising Nile Sparks Tensions Amid Flooding Chaos
Rising Nile Sparks Tensions Amid Flooding Chaos As rising Nile waters inundated northern Egypt, residents were forced to navigate their homes by boat, exacerbating tensions between Cairo and Addis Ababa over Ethiopia's massive Nile dam.Fisherman Saied Gameel echoed the despair of many affected, lamenting the unusually high water levels this year.In a situation worsened by a late-season surge from Ethiopia through Sudan and into Egypt, the Grand …
Surging Nile waters inundate Egypt and Sudan, revive dispute over Ethiopian mega-dam
Rising Nile waters inundated homes and fields in northern Egypt over the weekend, forcing residents to move by boat and intensifying a war of words between Cairo and Addis Ababa over whether Ethiopia's giant Nile dam has worsened seasonal floods.
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