Officials say they know of at least 6,000 people who have been displaced in two of the state's six counties.
Residents are delighted as workers start filling in potholes on the main road from Kuacjok to Tharkueng with a mix of gravel and dirt. But they wonder why they don't pave the road instead.
Warrap state residents say the number of homeless children has grown since South Sudan plunged into conflict in December, but refused to say if they thought the conflict was to blame.