KHARTOUM, July 9 (Xinhua) -- It was 2 p.m. in a displacement camp on the outskirts of Port Sudan, where the relentless sun had already pushed the mercury past 45 degrees Celsius. The tent, made of fabric and plastic, supported by iron poles, traps the heat and reflects it back like a fire," Wamda, the woman's daughter, told Xinhua. In Khartoum, Sudan's capital, the ongoing heatwave has intensified the daily hardships for residents, who are already coping with frequent power outages and severe shortages of electricity and water.
Author: [e]Zakaria Abdelnaeem, Fayez Elzaki
Published at: 2025-07-09 21:17:00
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