Bodies of four persons including two military officers, husband and wife who drowned Sunday night have been retrieved from the gutters along the Tema motorway. The couple Staff Sergeant Arthur Jabez and Warrant Officer Sarah Kuadzi were on a Military pickup which was involved in an accident at Ashiaman during the rains on Sunday evening.
In all, the National Disaster Management Organization {NADMO} has confirmed that a total of seven people died following the heavy rainfall on Sunday even. According to NADMO, four of the bodies were retrieved at Adjei Kojo in Ashiaman and another one at Odawna in Accra. Sunday’s rainfall left many areas in Accra flooded.
The Ghana Meteorological Agency{GMet} issued an earlier alert over rains indicating that “a rainstorm at the Southern part of Togo is forecast to affect places in the Southern half of the country” The rainstorm according to the Agency to the affected areas such as Kpetoe, Akatsi, Ho,Kandu and its environs in the Volta Region.
In the Eastern Region , areas such as Koforida, Begoro and Nkawkaw were also affected. Dodowa, Amasama, Afienya and many areas in Accra also experience the heavy rain.Last week a similar incident left five people in Accra dead.
Source:graphic.com.gh.
