Heavy rains in the Central Region have wreaked devastation, killing one person, flooding towns, including the Ankaful Camp Prison, and shutting off the Jukwa-Cape Coast bridge.
Rain began last Friday night and continued through Saturday morning.
After certain rivers burst their banks, more than 100 homes in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem municipality were flooded.
When storm floods flooded into the Camp Jail in Ankaful, a prison official, Senior Chief Officer Lutterodt, perished.
At the jail, property worth thousands of Ghana cedis was damaged, and around 70 prison officers and their families were relocated.
Road infrastructure has been harmed.
Last Saturday, a large piece of the bridge connecting Cape Coast and Twifo Praso washed away at Jukwa.
When a part of the road entirely caved in, it was divided in two, making the route unusable to traffic.
The Elmina-Takoradi highway, as well as several roads in Dompoase, Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem (KEEA) municipality, were all inundated.
Buildings fell at Essiam, Simiw, Abee, Effutu, Dompoase, Brase, and Ntranoa, among other communities.
To avert a calamity, drivers were encouraged to drive cautiously.
Assurance from the Prisons Service
Isaac Egyir, the Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service, visited the Ankaful Camp Prison to assess the damage.
He promised that the service will take the necessary steps to assist the officers who were affected.
NADMO retaliates
Eric Nana Agyemang-Prempeh, Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO); Justina Marigold Assan, Central Regional Minister.
and other officials toured the affected towns to assess the extent of the devastation and promised to take swift steps to alleviate the people's misery.
As an early response, NADMO delivered relief materials to the Ankaful Prisons Service.
Nana Agyemang-Prempeh said he was pleased with the Roads Ministry's reaction to the accident, which included ensuring that damaged roads were restored as soon as possible.
There will be more rain.
More rains are forecast throughout the country, according to the NADMO Director-General, who advised citizens to take precautions.
Mrs Assan expressed her gratitude to NADMO and the Roads Ministry for their quick reaction.
Reconstruction of roads
The Twifo Praso roadway was rehabilitated yesterday, and it was scheduled to be finished by the evening.
Last Saturday, hundreds of commuters and residents were left trapped on both sides of the Cape Coast-Praso route.
The Daily Graphic spotted security officers roping off the damaged stretch of the road to keep residents and commuters away during a visit to the region.
The Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) recommended vehicles to choose alternate routes while the situation was being fixed in order to save lives.
"As the authorities mobilizes to fix the situation as quickly as feasible, motorists traveling between Cape Coast and Twifo Praso are recommended to utilize the Cape Coast–Yamoransa–Assin Fosu–Twifo Praso road. Please accept our deepest apologies for any difficulty this has caused you "The GHA issued a statement.