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Have to drink this water. while south sudan is no stranger to seasonal flooding, unity state hasn't been hit like this since the early 1960s. scientists say the floods have become much more intense and unpredictable in recent years, in part because of global warming. james? >> yes. >> hi, james. >> reporter: james loin is one of hundreds of thousands who have been displaced. he agrees to show us what's left of his family home. oh, my god. >> yeah. >> reporter: that's your motorcycle. >> yes. >> reporter: nothing is left except for his children's drawings on the walls. since the conflict erupte...

Miles of paved roads here in sudan. yet, it is this country that is really paying such a heavy price for the effects of global warming, as we have seen. the fear is that the situation is only going to as you heard from minister lam there, they simply cannot cope. >> the pictures you're showing us and the fact that this flooding has been occurring for months with the waters still rising, it is unbelievable. is this the new normal, clarissa, for sub-saharan africa? >> reporter: well, this is what the fear is, right, brianna, because unity state hasn't been hit by floods like that since 1964. the...

Us and want to talk. hi. where are your homes? have you homes been destroyed? >> reporter: they survived years of vicious civil war here, but these floods may pose the greatest threat yet. they tell us their crops have been completely destroyed. so what are you living on right now? what are you surviving on? the lilies? >> yeah. >> the water lilies? >> yeah. >> are people getting sick from the dirty water? >> reporter: many people have wa water-borne diseases. the wells are covered, so we have to drink this water. while south sudan is no stranger to seasonal flooding, unity state hasn't been h...

Diseases, they explain. the wells were all covered so we have to drink this water. while south sudan is no stranger to seasonal flooding, unity state hasn't been hit like this since the early 1960s. scientists say the floods have become much more intense and unpredictable in recent years, in part because of global warming. james? >> yes. >> hi, james. >> reporter: james loin is one of hundreds of thousands who have been displaced. he agrees to show us what's left of his family home. oh, my god. >> yeah. >> reporter: that's your motorcycle. >> yes. >> reporter: nothing is left except for his ch...

To seasonal flooding, unity state hasn't been hit like this since the early 1960s. scientists say the floods have become much more intense and unpredictable in recent years in part because of global warming. >> james, hi james. >> reporter: james loyne is one of hundreds of thousands that have been displaced. he agrees to show us what's left of his family home. >> oh, my god. that's your motorcycle. >> yes. >> reporter: nothing is left except for his children's drawings on the walls. since the conflict erupted, we've never had a rest. we've been constantly running, displaced. our children have...