Five people have been confirmed dead following about a 3-hour long downpour on Sunday.
According to the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), four of the bodies were retrieved at Adjei Kojo in Ashaiman, and another one at Odorna.
Speaking on Accra-based Citi FM, the Public Relations Officer of NADMO, George Awusi, said the body of a six-year-old who was believed to have been swept away by the flood waters at Sowutuom is yet to be retrieved.
“We are still searching for the child’s body. At Circle Odorna, two people drowned and one body has been found. It is actually about 5 people that are confirmed dead. Where the Army pickup fell, another body was found aside the three people in the bucket of the pickup,” he said.
Sunday’s rains left many areas in Accra flooded.
The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) issued an earlier alert over the rains indicating that “a rainstorm at the southern portions of Togo is forecast to affect places in the southern half of the country.”
The rainstorm according to the Agency affected areas such as Kpetoe, Akatsi, Ho, Kpandu and its environs in the Volta Region.
In the Eastern Region, areas such as Koforidua, Begoro and Nkawkaw were also affected.
Dodowa, Amasama, Afienya and many areas in Accra also experienced the downpour.
Last week, a similar incident left five people dead in Accra.
Source: Graphic.com
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Indiscipline and bribery is what is causing all these. NDC, NPP talk everyday. Lets stop the political talk on our shows, and hit more on these issues. Dont wait for the rains to kill people before we talk about them.
All these ***barred word*** is going on because city authorities look on whiles people building water ways as well as filling wetlands. However these wetlands are suppose to contain all these waters before they are gradually discharged into the ocean. What do we see now ? They are all destroyed hence the flooding and deaths of innocent Ghanaians is what we are seeing.
STOP CONSTRUCTING OPEN GUTTERS OOOOO TOM!!!! NO CIVILISED COUNTRY CONSTRUCTS OPEN GUTTERS. IT IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER!!!! WHY CAN'T GOVERNMENTS DIRECT CONTRACTORS TO LAY UNDERGROUND PIPES AND COVER THEM WITH PAVED BLOCKS OR TAR THEM. YOU ONLY NEED TO LEAVE SMALL NARROW HOLES ON THE SIDES OF THE ROADS TO COLLECT THE RUNNING WATER. WATER IS VERY STRONG AND TO CONTROL IT FROM DESTROYING LIVES AND PROPERTY, YOU NEED TO RESTRICT ITS BOUNDARIES. BY FORCING AND DIRECTING RUNNING WATER INTO YOUR OWN SPECIFIED WAY, YOU'RE ALSO CONTROLLING THE DISASTER IT CAN CAUSE TO LIVES AND PROPERTY. FOR HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE DREDGING GUTTERS EACH YEAR IN AND OUT? IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AND ITS A WASTE OF MILLIONS OF MONEY.