BLUE NILE FLOOD
HIGHEST LEVEL EVER RECORDED KHARTOUM, Aug. 27. The Sudan Government has opened credits for the relief of thousands of flood victims in the Blue Nile Valley, where the river has risen more than .*,» feet, the highest level ever recorded. I The water reached road level in several parts of Khartoum, and surrounding villages are inundated. Thousands of acres of cotton, maize and sugarcane are submerged.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 272, 29 August 1946, Page 6
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