South Sudan warns of severe flooding

JUBA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan issued a warning on Thursday of severe flooding as water levels in Lake Victoria, a source of the Nile, reached a record high.

Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Pal Mai Deng said that they have received information from neighboring Uganda indicating that Lake Victoria's water levels have risen by 13.6 meters, a record high in the Nile Basin region in 128 years. This increase has also raised the water level in a dam in Jinja, Uganda.