U/E floods : Scores confirmed dead

Scores of people have been confirmed dead after four days of torrential rains which caused flooding in the Upper East Region.

Dozens have also been injured in the floods.

Reports indicate that the areas affected include Kasina Nankana East and South, Builsa South, Bawku, Garu Timpane among others.

Again, lots of residents are fleeing the area to join their relatives in nearby communities. Several farms have also been submerged by the rains.

Emergency services have reportedly asked residents to move to higher grounds in order to avoid being swept by the floods.

Meanwhile, over 200 people have been displaced in Eshiem in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western region.

The floods also destroyed properties worth about GHC100 million.

NADMO officials in the area say they are counting on the regional and national offices to provide relief items for the displaced.

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Speaking to Empire FM, the NADMO Director for the area, James Obeng Jnr gave a statistical break down of the displaced.

“292 people were affected. And if you break down these 292, we have 1 person injured, 65 male and 85 female adults and 78 male and 64 female children.”

“The cost of damage is running around GhC 112,000,676 and we are going to submit this to our regional secretariat and this will determine the kind of relief items that we can actually give to the affected victims if there is, but I believe there is,” he noted.