{"id":92287,"date":"2026-04-21T14:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/one-dead-thirteen-injured-in-malakal-idp-camp-storm"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:44:25","slug":"one-dead-thirteen-injured-in-malakal-idp-camp-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/one-dead-thirteen-injured-in-malakal-idp-camp-storm","title":{"rendered":"One Dead Thirteen Injured in Malakal IDP Camp Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>A 62-year-old man has died and 13 others were injured after a heavy rainstorm struck the internally displaced persons (IDP) site in Malakal, Upper Nile State, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Upper Nile State Information Minister Peter Ngwojo said the storm on Saturday destroyed shelters across the camp, leaving many families homeless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rainstorm was very destructive. It damaged many shelters and unfortunately led to the loss of one life and injuries to several others,\u201d Ngwojo told Radio Tamazuj on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He said the state government met on Monday with humanitarian partners, including NGOs and U.N. agencies, to assess the damage and coordinate an emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe met with our partners to evaluate the impact and to urgently mobilize assistance for those affected by this disaster,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ngwojo said the injured were being treated at Malakal Teaching Hospital and were in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the injured are under medical care, and we are closely monitoring their condition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that many residents had been left without shelter and urgently needed food, medical care and other assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Humanitarian agencies and local authorities are still assessing the full extent of the damage, the minister said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Sudan<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. A 62-year-old man has died and 13 others were injured after a heavy rainstorm struck the internally displaced persons (IDP) site in Malakal, Upper Nile State, authorities said. Upper Nile State Information Minister Peter Ngwojo said the storm on Saturday destroyed shelters across the camp, leaving many families homeless. \u201cThe rainstorm was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":92286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-92287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>One Dead Thirteen Injured in Malakal IDP Camp Storm - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A 62-year-old man has died and 13 others were injured after a heavy rainstorm struck the internally displaced persons (I ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/one-dead-thirteen-injured-in-malakal-idp-camp-storm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"One Dead Thirteen Injured in Malakal IDP Camp Storm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A 62-year-old man has died and 13 others were injured after a heavy rainstorm struck the internally displaced persons (I ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/one-dead-thirteen-injured-in-malakal-idp-camp-storm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-21T14:04:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-21T14:44:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2026\/04\/sm_1776769957.988187.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"799\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"376\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/one-dead-thirteen-injured-in-malakal-idp-camp-storm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/one-dead-thirteen-injured-in-malakal-idp-camp-storm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"One Dead Thirteen Injured in Malakal IDP Camp Storm\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-21T14:04:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-21T14:44:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/one-dead-thirteen-injured-in-malakal-idp-camp-storm\"},\"wordCount\":214,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/one-dead-thirteen-injured-in-malakal-idp-camp-storm#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2026\/04\/sm_1776769957.988187.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/one-dead-thirteen-injured-in-malakal-idp-camp-storm#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/one-dead-thirteen-injured-in-malakal-idp-camp-storm\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/one-dead-thirteen-injured-in-malakal-idp-camp-storm\",\"name\":\"One Dead Thirteen Injured in Malakal IDP Camp Storm - 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