{"id":395186,"date":"2017-06-11T18:39:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T18:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/11\/one-feared-dead-in-cape-coast-tidal-wave-disaster\/"},"modified":"2017-06-11T18:39:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T18:39:17","slug":"one-feared-dead-in-cape-coast-tidal-wave-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/11\/one-feared-dead-in-cape-coast-tidal-wave-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"One feared dead in Cape Coast tidal wave disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!--               \n\n<div class=\"in-ad\">\n\n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1495043641385-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0One person is feared dead in yet another tidal waves disaster this time in the Central Region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\">The deceased person is believed to be a fisherman who was unable to swim ashore after the canoe he was sitting in was over turned by the waves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\">Joy News\u2019 Central Region correspondent, Richard Kojo Nyarko reports that three other fishermen who were in the same canoe managed to swim ashore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\">Officials have begun performing rituals for the body of the deceased person to be washed ashore, Nyarko indicated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\">At least three fishing communities were hit by the disaster. Fishermen in Cape Coast, Ankaful and Saltpond had their livelihoods completely destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\">According to Nyarko more than a dozen canoes were destroyed in the disaster, Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\">The residents have attributed the tidal waves to sand mining activities in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\">They are calling on government to provide sand breaks to at least mitigate any future tidal wave disaster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\">The Central Region was not the only region affected by tidal waves, Sunday. In the Volta Region, over 1,500 people have been displaced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/4077028177368_5730883681525.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:2px; height:379px; width:640px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\">Over 242 houses were submerged and properties destroyed in the latest incident as residents wail and call for government\u2019s intervention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0Apart from their submerged residences, their livelihoods have also been affected with over ten boats and nets completely destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0Joy News\u2019 Volta Region correspondent Ivy Setordzie reported from Blekusu in the Volta Region the waves swept through the community around 6:00am, Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0She said a good number of the residents there have been left homeless with women and children worst affected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0The residents are asking to be relocated as some of them have already taken refuge in homes of family members living in other communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0One person is feared dead in yet another tidal waves disaster this time in the Central Region. 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