Khartoum (AFP) Aug 11, 2013Flooding has killed 36 people in a region north of Sudan's capital Khartoum, official radio said on Sunday. "Thirty-six people were killed in Nile state and 5,000 houses were destroyed because of heavy rain and floods," Radio Omdurman reported. The brief report by SMS did not specify over what time period the fatalities occurred but heavy rains affected Khartoum and the surrounding regio Reported by Terra Daily 2 days ago.