Homes submerged, 100s displaced as Ghana spills dam in capital, Accra

Buildings could collapse: Residents in flood-ravaged suburb of Accra refuse to stay away from their homes

Record floods have engulfed hundreds of homes in Weija, a suburb of the Ghanaian capital town Accra, swamping its architecture and thousands of homes.

Hundreds of homes in the catchment area of the Weija Dam in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana are under threat as the dam reached surpassed its peak by two (2) feet.

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This occurred after a recent dam spillage exercise carried out by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to release excess water from the dam

The Weija dam is built to hold a maximum water level of 46 feet, however, the level came up to 48 feet, thereby threatening its safety.

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Although homes in that part of Accra are flooded up to knee-level, residents say they have nowhere to go.

Residents in the flood hit neighborhood are crying for government to construct a good drainage system to help prevent future occurrences.

The Weija Dam sits on the Densu River. The Densu River is a 116 km long river in Ghana. It flows through an economically important agricultural region, supplies half the drinking water to Ghana's capital city of Accra, and ends in an ecologically significant wetlands at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.

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