UN says nearly 900,000 affected by flooding in South Sudan

JUBA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Friday it has scaled up the response to the devastating flooding which has affected more than 890,000 people in South Sudan.

The UN relief agency said in an update released in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, that the floods have so far displaced about 226,000 people in 42 counties and Abyei.