No casualties were recorded following the heavy rainstorm that hit Accra on Sunday, May 18, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has revealed.
Chief Disaster Control Officer, Mohammed Jafaro, stated that NADMO received numerous distress calls from affected residents in parts of the capitalafter the downpour.
The affected areas were Adenta, Tema, and Kaneshie. In response, emergency teams were deployed to provide assistance.
“So far, we have received many distress calls—residents in Adenta, Tema, and around Kaneshie calling for help—so that is why we have dispatched teams. But no casualty as I am talking to you now,” he said in a media interview.
He added that “Most of the problems we have observed are that there is a lack of drainage in some communities, some of the areas too are filled with filth… In some of the areas also we have engineering defects”.
He admonished the Ghanaian public to remain alert and to avoid flood-prone areas during and after the rains.
By: Rainbowradioonline.con/Ghana
