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Investigations Director @Cen4infoRes. Past BBC & @Bellingcat. Tutorials: https://t.co/jwll4Af0ax. OSINT/GEOINT. Views my own.

Aug 16, 2019, 5 tweets

Sudan is knee deep after heavy rain caused flash floods. This footage is from yesterday in Al-Fashir (الفاشر), Sudan's west. This is one of the larger towns, some smaller communities throughout #Sudan are struggling. This footage was filmed from here: goo.gl/maps/bhLzE2fXE…

Intense flooding in #Sudan's far east town of Kassala (كسلا) this week. Footage from Tuesday shows floodwater rushing down from Totel Mountain (جبل توتيل) into #Kassala. This video was filmed from this corner: goo.gl/maps/6m5nuqHCN…

En Nukheila, #Sudan underwater. Drone footage from yesterday of Wad Ramli (ودرملى) area. Town built along Nile, 60km north of Khartoum. Sudan floods shutting off many areas since July & affecting nearly 200,000 people. Footage geolocated using this road: goo.gl/maps/R4q6Ek6Gx…

Sentinel-2 satellite imagery from July 27 - Aug 26 shows extreme overflow of Nile River into #Sudan's Wad Ramli (ودرملى) area (drone footage in tweet above). Imagery viewed with @sentinel_hub. NOTE: village at El-Nekhila (النخيلة) almost submerged (goo.gl/maps/Pvxh3rArU…)

@sentinel_hub FLOOD in #Sudan's Wad Ramli (ودرملى) is shocking. Many homes destroyed. This footage (6min cut), uploaded today, shows main part of town. Video starts at جامع سرور, one of the large mosques, located here: goo.gl/maps/6gt9VGLLp…. NOTE: satellite view of impact in tweet above.

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