Life at 50°C: South Sudan's Poisoned Floods: A Climate Crisis Unfolds | BBC Africa Eye Documentary
South Sudan is on the frontline of climate change. Extreme flooding has affected hundreds of thousands. Bentiu camp for displaced people is home to 140,000 and has been surrounded by water for close to five years. #BBCAfricaEye investigates.
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Some of the camp's residents have fled fighting, others escaped here after unprecedented floods began in 2019. At the worst point, two thirds of the state was underwater - forcing people to forage for food like water lily roots to supplement UN rations.
Now, the BBC has been shown evidence that the flood water may harbour yet another threat to the region's vulnerable inhabitants - pollution from the country's oil industry.
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This film launches a new season of the #BBCWorldService series Life at 50°C: Water Crisis, which investigates the most severe aspects of climate change in some of the hottest parts of the world where demand for water is already high – South Sudan, Syria, Australia and Colombia.
The first season of Life at 50 Degrees explored the consequences of living under extreme heat - examining the struggle to adapt and survive in ten countries including Nigeria, Mexico, Pakistan, Mauritania, Kuwait and Canada. Catch up on the whole series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4eKEyYKj5-Sbg4O0A_WJX4g
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