Parts of the capital city of Ghana, Accra, were flooded following the heavy rains on Monday, June 29.
Similarly, portions of the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, and other surrounding communities, according to residents and road users.
Also, hundreds of residents in Afienya in the Greater Accra region were trapped in their homes.
Personnel from the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and the Ghana National Fire Service had begun moving into the community to rescue affected residents.
The immediate past Assembly Member for the Afienya Electoral Area, Habib Awudu Mohammed, told journalists that “Luckily, we got in touch with the NADMO rescue team; some of them are here, the Fire Service are here in their numbers, and we are doing our best to see how best we can rescue the people,” he noted.
Some affected perosn shared their ordeal on social media
“Please help us contact the appropriate authorities we the people of McCarthy down are facing terrible situations right now and we need all the help we can get,our properties have all been soaked cars and all are a being destroyed.”
