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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Sudan<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A heavy downpour coupled with hailstorm destroyed crops in Boroli refugee settlement yesterday afternoon. Sources revealed that several acres of cassava, beans, Sim-sim, sweet potatoes,<\/p>\n

groundnuts, bananas, sorghum and rice were destroyed in block one, block two and RCS area. A block leader in Boroli block one, Tom Duku told Juba Monitor on Saturday that he lost all the crops in two gardens.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lost a lot, can you imagine crops in two gardens have been destroyed,\u2019\u2019 he said. Mandera<\/p>\n

Joyce who was also a victim said the hailstorm destroyed most of the gardens in the area, blew off roofs and killedanimals. He said the situation was out of control with some residents who attempted<\/p>\n

to commit suicide for fear of looming food insecurity. \u201cWe are in a big problem, all my crops were destroyed, my children will sleep hungry,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

Taban Chunyua, a youth leader in Boroli settlement said the storm killed three cows, four goats in his area and destroyed community access roads and buildings.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very sad if animals can even die like this,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. A heavy downpour coupled with hailstorm destroyed crops in Boroli refugee settlement yesterday afternoon. Sources revealed that several acres of cassava, beans, Sim-sim, sweet potatoes, groundnuts, bananas, sorghum and rice were destroyed in block one, block two and RCS area. 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