[3] Port Sudan contains the nation's primary Red Sea port and actively running airport, and received the majority of foreign humanitarian aid supplies to provide relief to Sudanese citizens and internally displaced persons impacted by the civil war.
Several residents were forced to climb up hilltops to higher ground in order to escape the rising floods.
[4] The flooding was worsened by rainfall in the Cooper Dolabiyai area, causing more regions near the collapsed dam to be submerged.
Many regions east of the dam were rendered inaccessible due to damages destroying roads leading to them which also resulted in 100 families being stranded.
[3][4] Red Sea State head of water resources Amr Eissa Taher referred to the damage caused by the subsequent flooding as "extensive".
[9] Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan's military leader, visited the affected areas on 25 August.
[10] Major General Qureshi Hussein stated that recovery operations were conducted using trained divers to recover bodies in deep water near the remains of the Arbaat Dam.