Flooding: Heavy downpour displaces residents in Tema

Tema Community 16 and 18 were mostly affected due to the heavy downpour on Tuesday, June 6

Tema was not spared the rainstorm destruction. Even though it was not as serious where people lost their lives and properties every year, lots of areas were taken over by the rain water.

Tema Community 18, Sakumono, Klagon were mostly affected due to the heavy downpour on Tuesday, June 6.

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Dozens of homes were filled with rain water which rose to several feet high forcing residents to evacuate.

The extent of damage is not immediately known.

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Evans Anakwa, the Deputy National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in charge of floods told Class FM that logistics and other equipment were being moved to the location to pump water out of some homes.

On the Klagon to Sakumono to access Accra, hundreds of workers and students have been cut off Accra after flooding rendered an uncompleted bridge impassable.

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