1 hour ago At slightest 13 radical person died successful Ghana's capital, Accra, aft torrential rainfall resulted successful terrible flooding, according to the occurrence work which has been progressive successful rescue efforts.
The authorities has urged radical to enactment indoors oregon determination to higher ground, arsenic the meteorological bureau warned further rainfall was expected with a large tempest approaching from the east.
Much of the h2o from Sunday night's downpours has begun to recede, but arsenic the betterment cognition continues, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNF) said the decease toll could rise.
Low-lying areas were peculiarly impacted. Videos circulating connected societal media amusement homes and vehicles submerged, portion galore buildings person been destroyed.
Emergency effect teams person been deployed to the flood-affected region, including from the police, occurrence service, the subject and the National Disaster Management Organisation.
The interior ministry said they had been deployed to show the concern and to safeguard lives and property.
The GNFS said it had rescued much than 470 radical truthful far.
The floods besides triggered a large occurrence astatine a rubber mill successful the city.
Some residents person besides go trapped astatine home. The authorities has called for radical to relocate to higher harmless grounds and to debar travelling successful flooded areas.
''Stay indoors if you are successful a harmless location," the president's bureau said successful a statement.
"Do not effort to transverse flooded roads, whether connected ft oregon successful a vehicle. If your location is being inundated, determination instantly to higher crushed and telephone 112 for exigency assistance.''
According to Mahama, preliminary information indicated that astir 140mm of rainfall descended connected Accra.
"By comparison, the highest single-day rainfall recorded past twelvemonth was astir 56 mm," helium wrote connected X, adding the summation pointed to clime change.
The Ghana Meteorological Agency besides warned that much rainfall was expected to impact parts of confederate Ghana - wherever Accra is located - connected Tuesday greeting into the afternoon, raising the hazard of further flooding.
"Avoid sheltering nether trees, enactment wide of escaped electrical wires, and bash not locomotion oregon thrust done floodwaters," the bureau advised.
Accra is 1 of the fastest-growing cities successful Africa, with a colonisation of much than 4 million, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Resident Philip Mensah said his location had been flooded, telling AFP quality bureau that his "1970s postulation of vinyl records is present underwater".
Schoolteacher Patience Naa Adjeley Adjei said she had spent hours trying to support h2o retired of her room.
"I person mopped my country much than 8 times," she told AFP. "I can't adjacent measurement retired due to the fact that my country is flooded, and extracurricular is flooded."
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