00:00Sudan's authorities issued a red alert warning for floods on the River Nile on Tuesday.
00:07Two tributaries, the White and the Blue Nile, have recorded rising water levels for the past days,
00:12and several Sudanese states have already experienced flooding.
00:16Sudan's rainy season from June to October tends to lead to heavy downpours and can trigger floods.
00:23But speculation has been running high over whether another reason might be behind the current situation.
00:28Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam, or GERD, which was inaugurated in early September.
00:35The hydroelectric dam, which is Africa's largest, is located on the Blue Nile tributary of the River Nile,
00:42just on the border with Sudan.
00:44Ethiopia is expecting the dam to boost its economy and double its electricity generation capacity,
00:50but the dam has triggered tensions with neighbours.
00:53While Sudan suggested a link between the floods and the dam,
00:56Ethiopia said on Monday that the GERD had helped to lessen the rise in water levels.
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