The regional director of NADMO, Kwame Appiah Koduah, said officials have intensified their efforts to find the missing persons
At least six individuals are still missing following a recent downpour in the Eastern Region, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) said.
The regional director of NADMO, Kwame Appiah Koduah, said officials have intensified their efforts to find the missing persons.
According to him, 19 out of the 33 municipal and district assemblies were affected by the rains, which displaced several others.
“Six persons are still missing,” Koduah said at the International Day For Disaster Risk Reduction summit in Suhum on Thursday. “It is quite unclear and so we have commissioned people to look into the river and look for the dead bodies.”
“Now that we are celebrating world disaster reduction day here in Suhum we are taking account of what has happened to us as a region.”
At least five people were confirmed dead early this month in the Eastern Region after torrential rains.
River Densu breaks its banks
Meanwhile, close to 2,000 residents of Nsawam, also in the Eastern Region, have been made homeless after floods swept away their homes.
The River Densu overflowed its banks after the downpour, forcing residents of the area to abandon their houses, livestock, and other property.
The zongo community was worst affected, including areas such as Gyankrom, Lanteh, Adoagyiri, and the main Nsawam lorry station.
Source: Asaase.com