Over 38,000 People Displaced, 7761 Households Affected And 12 Persons Dead after Floods in Accra - Interior Minister
More than 38,800 people were displaced and 12 lives lost following Monday's (June 29) devastating floods that swept through parts of Greater Accra, the Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has disclosed.
Presenting an update to Parliament on Tuesday, June 30, the Minister said the torrential rainfall, which measured 169 millimetres in a single day, was the fourth-highest daily rainfall recorded in Ghana since 1995.
According to him, the government only received confirmation around midnight on a day before the floods that the anticipated rainfall would be more intense than earlier forecasts.
"By the time we got to the morning, we saw a volume that is the fourth highest that this country has ever seen since 1995. A volume of 169 millimetres of water in a day," he told Parliament.
Mr Muntaka said the floods affected 25 communities across 16 metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies, disrupting movement and preventing many commuters from accessing Accra's Central Business District.
The affected assemblies include Ga East, Ledzokuku, Ayawaso Central, Ga Central, Ga West, Ablekuma North, Ningo Prampram, Weija-Gbawe, Ga South, Adenta, Korle Klottey, Okaikwei South, Okaikwei North, Tema West, Tema Metropolitan Assembly, La Dade Kotopon and Krowor.
Providing a breakdown of the impact, the minister said a total of 7,761 households were affected, displacing a total of 38,802 people.
Korle Klottey recorded the highest number of displaced persons with 6,500 people from 1,300 households, followed by Tema Metropolitan Assembly with 3,601 displaced persons, Tema West with 3,450, and Ayawaso Central with 3,021.
Ga East recorded five of the 12 confirmed deaths and six missing persons, while Ayawaso Central recorded three deaths and one missing person.
Tema Metropolitan Assembly also recorded three fatalities, with Ledzokuku recording one death.
Overall, the disaster has left 7 people still missing, while the confirmed death toll stands at 12.
The interior minister extended the condolences of both government and Parliament to families who lost loved ones in the disaster.
"Let me take this opportunity to extend our condolences and that of government to the families that lost their relatives," he said.
Government has since intensified emergency response efforts in the affected communities as relief operations continue.
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