According to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), approximately 26,000 residents in eastern Ghana have been forced to evacuate their homes due to flooding following heavy rainfall.
Schools have been closed and crops ruined as a result of two hydroelectric dams that burst at Akosombo and Kpong.
“We’ve relocated most of the impacted individuals to a secure location. According to Seji Saji, deputy chief of NADMO, “around 26,000 people have been displaced, predominantly women and children.
“What they need is water, food and medicine and we’re working with the government to take care of that.”
There had been no recorded deaths.
Mother of two and food vendor Mercy Tamakloe, 35, claimed she lost all of her possessions.
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Everything has vanished. She said over the phone to AFP, “I don’t know how I’ll be able to heal, but at least I have life.
The flood, according to farmer David Fui Banini, wrecked his four-acre corn plantation.
“Consider compensating us because this is not our fault,” he pleaded with the authorities.
Following the rush of water from the dams, the Ghanaian navy said that thousands of people had been saved in the Volta Region, which borders Togo.
“So far everything is under control, and we have rescued more than 8,000 residents across the nine affected districts in the region,” stated Commodore E.A. Kwafo.
A committee has been formed by President Nana Akufo-Addo to oversee ongoing rescue operations.
As the West African nation of Ghana faces a noticeable increase in the frequency and unpredictability of weather occurrences, along with warnings relating to climate change, the meteorological office has predicted more rain this year.
