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Felicity Ahafianyo, the head of the Ghana Meteorological Agency’s Central Analysis and Forecasting Office, has issued a public advisory warning citizens nationwide to brace for increased rainfall and possible flash floods.
Her remarks come after yesterday’s terrible floods on May 18.
Entire neighborhoods in Accra, Kumasi, and other cities were drowned by the rain, forcing thousands of relocate, severely damaging infrastructure, and taking three lives in Adenta.
She warned that although the nation has not yet reached the peak time, larger and more frequent downpours are anticipated from the end of May to June while speaking on Joy FM’s Top Story on Monday, May 19.
“We are getting to the peak of the rainy season — we are yet to enter into it,” she stated. “So by the close of next week into the first week of June, or towards the end, we are likely to be getting more of these rains. And definitely, there will be flash floods here and there.”
Ms. Ahafianyo counseled locals in flood-prone areas to be proactive by moving if needed and paying close attention to emergency and disaster management professionals’ recommendations.
“If you are around flood-prone areas, we need to relocate and listen to the officers that have been assigned to us,” she emphasized.
She also emphasized how crucial community participation is to efforts to avert flooding.
She urged locals to plan cleanup activities because drainage pipes are frequently obstructed during the rainy season.
She urged Ghanaians to desilt their gutters “If our gutters are choked, let us try as much as possible to do communal labour to desilt the gutters.”
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
