[ 2011-07-22 ]

Floods displace 800 in Eastern region
The National Disaster Management Organization
(NADMO) has dispatched a team to the Eastern
Region as more communities get flooded by rivers
which have broken their banks following torrential
rains.

Parts of the Kade constituency have been cut off
due to severe flooding.

About eight communities have been flooded after
the Birim River broke its banks following hours of
rainfall last Monday.

According to NADMO, about eight hundred people
have so far been displaced by the floods.

The worst affected communities include Jejeti,
Anyinam, and Mampong in the Atiwa district and
Osino and Juaso in the Fanteakwa district. Large
tracts of farmland have also been submerged.

Speaking to Citi News, the Eastern Regional NADMO
coordinator, Ransford Boakye, said NADMO has been
able to deal with the floods at Fanteakwa district
but is struggling to deal with the floods in the
Atiwa district.

“As for Fanteakwa for now I think it is okay but
we have torment at Atiwa District and I have just
had reports from my district coordinator that
parts of Kade are on the waters…and there is no
movement for now”.

Mr. Ransford Boakye disclosed that shelter has
been provided for the affected victims adding, a
team has been dispatched from Accra to the Eastern
Region with mattresses and other relief items to
cater for the displaced victims.

In a related development, the Upper East Region is
bracing for the possible spillage of the Bagre and
Kompiemga dams in Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso has warned that if the rains fall
consistently, there will be the need for spillage
of excess water from the dams.

NADMO has already issued a flood alert warning in
the three northern regions in anticipation of the
spillage.

Last year’s spillage led to flooding in many
communities in the three regions and caused
extensive damage to property.

Source - Citifmonline

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