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reporting from the ground on south sudan on the devastating floods impacting unity state. and as the flooding brings food shortages and diseases, it s also having a huge impact on schools in the region. according to unicef, the floods have destroyed, closed, or closed access to over 500 schools in south sudan. clarissa ward joins us now. i wander what the most pronounced effect you re seeing on the ground there as a result of the floods. well, obviously, anderson, in the sort of short term, the most pronounced effects are just this devastation, as a result of this massive flooding. and particularly, as a result of the displacement of hundreds of thousands. some 800,000 people across this country have been affected by the flooding. many communities are still isolated, unable to get out to safety. they re building these makeshift camps, the conditions are terrible. disease is rampant. malnutrition is rising.

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