Tag Archives: River

Illegal miners have restricted the free flow of the Birim River on the outskirts of Akyem Aboabo to enable them to carry out their outlawed activities. During a tour of the spot between Akyem Wenchi in the Denkyembour District and Oda, where the river course has been diverted and narrowed, …

Okyeame Paul Kofie Annor, Chief Linguist to the Paramount Chief for Dodo Traditional Area, Dasebre Oduro Guranim, has advised the residents of the area to help protect and safeguard water bodies from pollution. He said there was the need to protect the nation’s environment, especially water bodies since water was …

  Two people, all males have been drown in River Offin at Anwiafutu in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. The incident happened on Monday, January 30, 2023, around 9:20am in the morning. Nana Kwame, a resident, narrating the incident to Filasconews.com today said, the deceased persons together …

Two people have lost their lives through drowning in a river at Ajumako Anyinesu in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. The incident occurred on Wednesday, December 26, 2022. The first to die was a teenager who was chasing his slippers which was being carried away by …

  Emergency search and rescue teams recovered the bodies of seven people yesterday morning, bringing the death toll to nine. Later in the afternoon five more bodies were retrieved from the river, raising the number to 14. As the mission continues along the river for the missing people, Renqe recalled …

Johannesburg emergency services will continue the search for church members who were swept away by flash floods at the Jukskei River as the death toll rises to 14. The incident happened during a baptism ceremony at the Jukskei River near Sandton, north of Johannesburg, on Saturday night. Johannesburg emergency services …

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 …

A 18-year-old Joseph Asante, a form one student of Assin Gyaase Senior High School at Endwa in the Central Region has met his untimely death after drowning in River Konkoom which lies in between Assin Akomfode and Assin Endwa respectively. Some of his colleagues explained to Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan …

A 12-year-old girl drowned in river Dejebo in the Nkwanta South of the Oti Region on Sunday afternoon. The deceased, Efa, a class one pupil of St. Theresas Roman Catholic School, was carried away by the river when she want out with her younger ones to fetch firewood after the …

Ms Sarah Dugbakie Pobee, Ada East District Chief Executive, says some portions of the Volta River will be dredged to reduce the trend of tidal waves and high rate of flooding in the district. She said the river had not been dredged in more than 20 years, resulting in flooding …