On Monday, Deng Dau Deng, the Member of Parliament representing Twic East constituency, raised the matter before the Transitional National Legislative Assembly, painting a grim picture of the situation.
“Twic East has been submerged by rainwater for the last three days,” Deng told lawmakers. “Over 50,000 people have been displaced and have moved to higher grounds.”
The MP said families are sheltering in dire conditions without food, clean water, or medicine. He appealed for immediate intervention, warning that without swift action, the floods could trigger further humanitarian disaster.
Deng explained that his office had already reached out to relevant institutions, but stressed that the response requires more than promises. According to him, equipment is urgently needed to pump out the water that has breached dikes around Panyagor town and its surrounding payams.
“I contacted relevant institutions on this situation. They requested the generators, if the generators can be lifted to pump water out of those 22 kilometres of dike around the headquarters, Panyagor and 12.7 kilometres around the payams,” Deng said.
The crisis in Twic East mirrors another unfolding tragedy in Pochalla County, Greater Pibor Administrative Area, where the Akobo River burst its banks over the weekend, sweeping into villages and towns and displacing entire communities.
“I was informed that the Akobo River, in which Pochalla is seated, has burst its banks and displaced all the people in the town,” said David Okwier Akway, the county’s Member of Parliament.
He noted that the flooding has devastated areas stretching from Pochalla South to the Boma region, flattening homes and destroying livelihoods.
Akway urged the government to act immediately, warning that residents are stranded without shelter or basic supplies.
South Sudan has faced seasonal flooding for five consecutive years, with Jonglei and Greater Pibor among the hardest hit. Humanitarian agencies say the recurrent disasters have eroded coping mechanisms, leaving families increasingly dependent on government and aid agencies for survival.
