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World Bank grants Ghana $150m to finance flood resilience in Accra

The World Bank has granted government with an additional $150 million in finance to strengthen flood risk management and solid waste management for over...

Parts of Accra drenched after heavy downpour

Movement of motorists was heavily impeded Thursday morning at the Kpone Barrier portion of the main Tema-Aflao N1 road due to flood waters following...

Mamprobi JHS flooded after Thurday downpour

The heavy downpour on Thursday, May 18, 2023 in Accra has left the Mamprobi JHS, Mamprobi Sempe classrooms flooded with some students and...

Deaths rise to 130 in Rwanda floods

The death toll from the flooding and landslides that struck Rwanda's north, west, and south on May 2 grew to 130 by Thursday morning,...

How Accra appears in certain areas following Tuesday’s rains

The three-hour downpour on Tuesday, March 7 has resulted in flooding in some areas of Ghana's capital Accra. Parts of the city including the Kwame...

Accra’s persistent flooding costs Ghana $100 million – Researchers

Environmental scientists and industry players estimate that Ghana loses roughly $100 million annually trying to control floods in Accra. They explain that government can avert this...

Works and Housing Minister instructs assemblies to demolish structures on watercourses

Minister of works and housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has asked metropolitan, municipal, and district assemblies (MMDAs) in flood-prone districts to take swift, legal action to...

Evacuations along California coast after flood, mudslide threats

A total of 25,000 people were evacuated from California on Monday as a result of the latest in a spate of Pacific storms that...

Mourning as flood casualties in the DR Congo reach over 120

The biggest floods in years have reportedly killed more than 120 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's capital, Kinshasa, according to the...

Images show flood wrecks havoc in DR Congo’s capital

Floods caused by Monday night's heavy rains in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, wrecked many homes and blocked off...

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