{"id":61728,"date":"2013-04-09T18:27:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T18:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2013\/04\/is-accra-ready-for-the-rainy-season\/"},"modified":"2013-04-09T18:27:23","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T18:27:23","slug":"is-accra-ready-for-the-rainy-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/04\/09\/is-accra-ready-for-the-rainy-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Accra ready for the rainy season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"newsimage\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/img.ghanamma.com\/uploads\/2013\/04\/db52240x_mg_qul8oca44i_643949785_87272.jpg\" onclick=\"javascript:window.location='\/GhanaHome\/image_preview.asp?which=1&amp;menu_id=1&amp;id=NDU3NTky';\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"bodytext\">                    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowtransparency=\"1\" width=\"360\" height=\"30\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/player2\/?x=aHR0cDovL25ld3NhdWRpby5teWpveW9ubGluZS5jb20vbmV3c2F1ZGlvLzIwMTMwNC9LQUtSQS1GTE9PRC5tcDM=\"\/><\/p>\n<p\/>\n<p>With rains yet to set in and rainstorms already wreaking havoc in some parts of the country, <strong>Joy News&#8217;<\/strong> Francisca Kakra Forson examines the Capital&#8217;s preparedness for the rains.<\/p>\n<p>The Kwame Nkrumah Circle, one of the capital&#8217;s major landmarks, has become an area often associated with vehicular congestion. In recent years however, the area has become known as one of flood-prone areas in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Only two years ago, several lives and property were lost to floods during the rainy season. To forestall a re-occurrence, government and city authorities made countless promises.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the illegal structures, choked concrete gullies with its pungent smell, and broken concrete slaps which caused the floods and subsequent deaths are still a visible sight at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.<\/p>\n<p>These raise serious concerns of lack of proactiveness and commitment to disaster management in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the attached audio for the full report<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;\n\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"bodytext\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; With rains yet to set in and rainstorms already wreaking havoc in some parts of the country, Joy News&#8217; Francisca Kakra Forson examines the Capital&#8217;s preparedness for the rains.The Kwame Nkrumah Circle, one of the capital&#8217;s major landmarks, has become an area often associated with vehicular congestion. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}