The first real storm of the year was also an occasion to check out the power of nature at this latitude. In a few hours switching from over 40C of burning heat to scary thunders which tore the sky apart and let an unbelievable quantity of water completely flood the dry red soil. To make things even worse, a kind of tornado hit Rumbek and heavily damaged our compound. The roof of our canteen was blown 30 meters away and the fence unrooted (see pics). The only happy ones were the kids attending the nuns' school facing our house (those ones who kindly offered us mangos for Easter) who had a great excuse to leave the classroom and start a huge mango-picking competition running barefoot in the water as fruits were falling like crazy due to the heavy wind.