The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has issued a warning about anticipated heavy rainfall.
This comes in response to the flooding in certain areas of Accra following nearly an hour of rain on Friday.
George Ayisi, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NADMO, stated that the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet), with whom the organization maintains regular communication, has forecasted additional rainfall.
In an interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM in Accra, he emphasized the importance of the public preparing for more rainfall in the days ahead.
“We are in constant touch with GMeT and they keep updating us every time. They say the rains are going to be severe, they are going to be heavy so we should be careful. Those who are travelling in some cases it will be stormy, windy. If you are travelling to places where there are trees and co just be careful. If you are in areas where the roofing of houses or homes areas not too good, let’s be careful in those areas.”
“If we are in areas where we are not sure and they are flood prone let’s try and identify safe havens in the city and then let’s try and move to safer grounds for our ourselves and our relatives,” he stated.
Meanwhile, portions of Accra experienced enormous wetlands of running water on roads after over an hour of rain on Friday.
After over an hour of rain, areas including as the Tema Motorway, Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, Kaneshie, North Kaneshie, Alajo, Adabraka, Accra Central, Tema, Tema station-Accra, Osu, and others were severely impacted.
Many houses and cars were inundated, and drains carrying running water overflowed, while some potholes on highways grew larger and deeper.
On social media, videos and comments about the scenario and its consequences went viral, with many people urging the government to take action to address the age-old issue.