Rains destroy properties in parts of Western Region.
Long periods of downpours in pieces of the Western Region have prompted flooding in pieces of the Ahanta West, Ellembelle and Prestea Huni-Valley districts, bringing about many houses being straightened and things obliterated.
In Ahanta West, for example, the street connecting the Sekondi-Takoradi city and the Effia-Kwesimintsim region to Agona Nkwanta has been cut off.
The St Mary's Boys' Senior High School, the police headquarters building, business structures, confidential homes, as well as the street prompting the Fonko people group, were completely immersed with water, disturbing exercises in those spots.
North of 200 families were impacted at Akropong and Adubrim in the Ellembelle District, where the downpours had begun last Sunday, prompting the uprooting of many individuals nearby.
Occupants of Ankobra and Hemang in the Prestea/Huni Valley region were not saved the desolation, as the Ankobra River spilled over its banks.
As per a portion of the people in question, albeit the downpours were not extraordinary, long stretches of storm in the connecting locale, Western North, made water stream into the Ankobrah River, making it swell and overflow to local networks.
The District Chief Executive for Ellembelle, Kwasi Bonzo, said the downpours began in the early long periods of Sunday, and that around 800 individuals had lost their wellsprings of vocations to the floods.
Measures
Addressing the Daily Graphic after a visit through a portion of the impacted networks, the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, said his office was working with the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) to clear the trash passed on by the floods to guarantee the free progression of both vehicular and human traffic.
"The test we have at present is that the volume of water going through networks and other impacted regions is more than whatever it used to be. A few networks that have never experienced floods are presently getting overwhelmed," he said.
As per the pastor, a piece of the Apowa street that was cut off would briefly be fixed, while endeavors were made to track down a long-lasting arrangement.
"The duct along the stretch which couldn't contain the volume of water will be extended," he said.
Counsel
The pastor exhorted individuals, including drivers, to be wary in the time of the downpours and allow wellbeing to be their watch word.
"At the point when you see water assuming control over the streets, don't attempt to drive or stroll through it, and on the off chance that you are as of now in rush hour gridlock, you can get a safe spot to stop and trust that the downpours will die down," he added.
Mr Darko-Mensah likewise encouraged individuals living at low-lying regions to move to higher ground until the circumstance improved.
A Divisional Chief of the Prestea Hemang Traditional Area, Nana Ntaboah Prah IV, pursued for help after specifically introducing some alleviation things to the impacted individuals.
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