No fewer than 4,000 residents in Ghana’s south-east have had to flee their homes after fresh flooding erupted in the vicinity.
Africa Today News, New York reports that homes and crops along the banks of the River Volta have been damaged by rampaging waters as a result of the Akosombo Dam spilling.
Water and electricity have been shut off in several regions, disrupting essential services.
On Friday, the Ghanaian government said thousands of people, “in at least nine districts”, had been displaced.
Elsewhere, the UN-affiliated Global Disaster and Coordination System said it had recorded seven injuries.
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Ghana’s Volta River Authority had previously asked residents to move to higher ground as water levels upstream of the dam continued to rise due to heavy rains.
In another report, a forecast from the Federal Government of Nigeria has warned of heavy rainfall in the upcoming days, with high risk of flooding in approximately 48 towns spanning 13 states, starting from September 13 to September 17, 2023.
Predictions are warning that rising water levels in the River Benue and River Niger might reach communities all the way to Bayelsa State. In light of this, residents in these areas are encouraged to take preventive actions.
The government made this disclosure within the flood prediction report published by the National Flood Early Warning Systems Central Hub, which operates under the Federal Ministry of Environment.
The report indicates that the 13 states that could be affected are Kano, Kebbi, Katsina, Niger, Kwara, Zamfara, Bauchi, Taraba, Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Jigawa, and Gombe.
The report which was obtained by Africa Today News, New York partly reads, ‘The following locations and their environs are likely to witness heavy rainfall that may lead to flooding within the period of prediction: 13th – 17th September this year.