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    The Ashanti Region has recorded one more death making it a total of two casualties when torrential rains swamped across communities on three continuous days. The victims, an unidentified male believed to be 30 years old was the first to be confirmed dead at Asokwa while the recent …

  Floods have destroyed more than 1,500 graves at a cemetery in the central Nigerian town of Mariga in Niger state. More than 500 graves have been swept away by the floods in the past week alone. The chief imam of the town, Alhassan Musa Na’ibi, told the BBC about …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The entire ground floor of the newly built Kejetia Market was on Thursday submerged after heavy rains. Thousands of traders were displaced as goods worth millions of Cedis were destroyed. Parts of Adum within the Central Business District got flooded after the over 4-hour rains in …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Six people have been hospitalised after some buildings collapsed on them at Atasemanso in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region during Wednesday’s heavy downpour. Several buildings and walls collapsed in the area during the downpour, resulting in injuries. The Assembly Member for the area, Nana …

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah A one year old boy is reportedly missing with six others hospitalized following a torrential rains that caused widespread damage and flooding in parts of Ashanti Region The victim, now missing according to report drown in the Pelele River at Sawaba in the Asokore Mampong Municipality …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Nearly 700 residents in some communities in the West Mamprusi district are bearing the brunt of torrential flooding that has wreaked havoc in the area. Residents in the four communities in the North East Region were forced to evacuate on October 1, following the downpour from …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Eleven children have lost their lives to floods in the Ashanti Region within a month-and-a-half, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has said. The Regional Director of NADMO, Mr Kwabena Nsenkyire who made the disclosure on Monday, 28 October 2019 said the latest casualty was a nine-year-old …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah At least 27 people have been confirmed dead after days of flooding in the Upper East region. “Per the reports we have as at now, 27 deaths have been recorded, 19 injured and a little over 1000 people have been displaced as a result of the rains,” …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Floods At least 10 people have been confirmed dead in the Upper East Region after days of heavy downpour in the Kasena Nankana and Builsa Districts. The heavy downpour ravaged acres of farmlands and displaced over 70 households. Class91.3FM’s regional correspondent, Derrick Abasiki, said the tenth …

  brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Floods Residents of Fuo, Nyanshegu and some parts of Gumani have been hit by storms which have rendered them homeless in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region. Several households were affected by the downpour on Tuesday, 8 October 2019. Schoolchildren and teachers were also unable …