Hundreds of people have been displaced in the country’s Western Region following days of torrential rain that triggered severe flooding across several communities. Officials from the National Disaster Management Organisation reported that the floods have submerged homes, farmlands, roads, and public facilities, leaving families homeless and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
Affected residents say that illegal mining is partly to blame for the catastrophic scale of the flooding. They said the mining activities have severely degraded the land and obstructed natural waterways, drastically increasing the communities’ vulnerability to heavy rains.
Houses submerged by floodwaters after heavy rains in Samreboi
Aid officials have warned that prank calls and the circulation of fake flood videos are disrupting rescue operations and diverting critical emergency resources from genuine flood victims. A statement issued by the Greater Accra Regional Minister said the development is particularly worrying at a time when emergency personnel are working around the clock to rescue stranded residents.
The regional minister
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More than 26,000 people have been forced to flee their homes owing to floods caused by the widespread leakage of Ghana’s Akosombo dam on the Volta River. Due to a steady rise in water levels upstream of the dam, mostly brought on by excessive rains, the Volta River Authority, started controlled spilling of the Akosombo and Kpong dams on September 15, 2023. The rising waters saw the controlled splling increase, sadly
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