Tag Archives: FLOOD

The government says it is taking steps to make available adequate resources for supporting communities grappling with the aftermath of the recent spillage in the Volta Region and floods in the Northern parts of Ghana. This is in line with the allocation of an amount of GHC220 million to support …

    The MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is incensed at what seems to be the government’s insistence on moving flood victims due to the controlled controlled spillage of Akosombo Dam. Over 12,000 people in the North Tongu area are victims, and more than 1,500 houses are affected, …

The Executive Director of BSK Health Advocacy Foundation who also doubles as a Senior registered Mental Nurse Health Advocate,Mr Bismark Kwabla Kpobi has made a passionate appeal to government to divert COVID-19 health Recovery levy fund into saving the lives of the Health needs of residents in communities along the …

The lifeless body of a man, identified to be an official of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) of Tafo, Suleman Ahmed, has been retrieved at Duase in the Ashanti Region. This was after he was swept away by flood waters Friday evening. The 43-year-old, who is also an executive …

Some communities in the capital, Accra, recorded heavy downpours on the morning of Monday, May 15, which resulted in vehicular traffic and floods. The National Highway 1 (N1 Highway) from Dzorwulu to Lapaz had one of the slowest traffic, which caused delays for road users. Monday’s rain, which lasted for …

  Two minors have been reported dead after being swept away by flood at Baba Dogo, a suburb of New Botianor in the Ga South Municipality of Greater Accra Region. The incident happened after the heavy downpour this dawn. According to eyewitnesses, the building of the deceaseds and their mother …

Two people have died in South Africa and 15 others are missing after a flash flood in a river swept away worshippers taking part in a church ceremony. Some of the more than 30 congregants were standing on rocks in the river on Saturday when a torrent of water surged …

The authorities in Nigeria say the number of people killed by floods ravaging the country in recent weeks has risen to more than 500. More than 1,500 others have been wounded while 1.4 million are displaced. Since the end of July, the West African country has been grappling with a …

The body responsible for examinations at the Ghana School of Law has reportedly cancelled a Civil Procedure paper which was scheduled to be written today, July 15, 2022. According to a Citinewsroom.com report sighted by GhanaWeb, the Independent Examinations Body decided to cancel the paper over suspicions that the questions …

Parts of the capital got heavily flooded from the afternoon of Friday, June 3 after heavy downpour triggered flooding that grounded parts of Accra. According to GhanaWeb’s tracking, the floods caused heavy traffic in parts of Accra leaving motorists stranded. In the specific case of the road stretch from Achimota …