July 4, 1968
Accra recorded its heaviest rainfall in 9 years (since 1959).
Accra registered a record rainfall of five inches in the last nine years.
A spokesman for the Meteorological Services said the heaviest rain ever recorded in the city fell in June 1959, when a volume of 7.56 inches was registered.
The rain nearly brought normal life in the city to a standstill, with offices and shops closed and schoolchildren taking a French leave.
June 29, 1971
Houses collapse in the Twin-City.
The twin-city of Sekondi-Takoradi saw one of the worst floods in Ghana in recent years following a downpour which started at night.
Several hundreds of dwelling houses collapsed, rendering thousands of people homeless.
July 5, 1995
Flood havoc
Rains which started at midnight caused flooding by morning in low areas of the Accra metropolis. The flood not only affected commuters and vehicles but also the Achimota VRA substation, resulting in power cuts.
June 13, 1997
Accra floods
Hours of intermittent downpour for two days in Accra caused floods which threatened to cut communication in various parts of the city.
Some roads in the metropolis were affected, making it difficult for motorists to ply them.
Major rivers such as the Odaw and Onyasia appeared on the brink of breaking their banks, forcing some residents to desert their homes for higher and safer grounds.
The water in these rivers rose steadily when the rain started about 3 p.m., raising fears of a possible flood disaster as happened on July 4, 1995 and claimed lives and property.
In 1999
In 1999, floods swept through the Upper West the Upper East and the Northern regions, as well as the northern parts of the Brong Ahafo and the Volta regions.
Three hundred thousand people were affected.
June 28, 2001
Floods Again
It is the worst in Accra since July 4, 1995!
An early morning downpour submerged portions of the city, with many houses and structures at Madina, Achimota, Dzorwulu, Avenor, Santa Maria and Adabraka Official Town being affected.
Residents of the affected areas who were trapped by the flood waters had to climb to safety on trees and rooftops until they were rescued or the flood waters subsided.
In 2007
In 2007, floods hit the Upper West, Upper East and Northern Regions.
Three hundred and seven thousand, one hundred and twenty-seven people were affected.
May 5, 2010
Rains cause havoc
In Central Accra, Ofankor and Begoro
The country’s capital city’s vulnerability to floods manifested when parts of the city and its streets were deeply submerged in water after two hours of stormy rains.
June 22, 2010
Nation’s worst flood disaster!
Death toll 35
Thirty-five bodies were retrieved from flood waters across the country by volunteers and rescue workers who described the havoc after the rains as the worst flood disaster in Ghana’s recent history.
June 24, 2010
Swedru cut off by floods
Three bridges connecting the Agona Swedru municipality to neighbouring communities collapsed as a result of the flooding.
June 26, 2010
NADMO registers 3,000 flood victims in Agona Swedru.
At least 3,000 people were registered by officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) as victims of floods in the Agona West municipality in the Central Region.
October 14, 2010
Floods displace 161,000 nationwide.
One hundred and sixty-one thousand people were displaced across the country as a result of flooding during torrential rains and the opening of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso.
October 18, 2010
Floods submerge 55 communities.
Fifty-five communities in the Central Gonja District in the Northern Region, including parts of the district capital, Buipe, were submerged by flood waters following the overflow of the Volta Lake.
November 2, 2010
Floods cause havoc in Afram Plains
Two thousand and eight hundred people in 120 villages and towns along the Volta Lake in the Kwahu East, Kwahu South and Kwahu North districts in the Eastern Region were rendered homeless by floods.
The floods also destroyed 850 buildings, farms, markets and roads.
February 24, 2011
Heavy rains Caused Havoc in Accra.
A downpour wreaked extensive havoc on property in most parts of Accra and some of its surrounding communities.
The property of residents of areas such as Adabraka, Kisseman, Alajo Junction, A-Lang at Santa Maria, Oyarifa, Haatso, Adenta and the Tema Timber Market were either submerged or washed away.
According to an official of the Meteorological Services Agency, Ms Felicity Ahasianyo, the rainfall, which began from 9.30 p.m. to almost 3 a.m., measured 71.5 mm, which she described as quite heavy.
July 20, 2011
Heavy floods in Atiwa District
Farmers stranded for 3 days.
About 10 hours of torrential rain left 105 farmers stranded on farms at Akyem Osoroase Krobomu in the Atiwa District in the Eastern Region.
July 25, 2011
Floods kill 5 at Atiwa, Cause damage in other Areas.
Five persons drowned after rains which caused floods in the Atiwa District in the Eastern Region.
November 1, 2011.
43,000 displaced by Accra floods…14 deaths recorded.
The death toll in Accra rose to 14, while 43,087 people were said to have been affected by the downpour, officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) said.
May 31, 2013
Morning downpour causes floods in Accra.
Heavy rains caused flooding in some parts of Accra.
The rains, which started in some areas around 4.30 a.m., flooded areas such as the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Darkuman Kokompe, the Obetsebi Lamptey Circle and portions of the Graphic Road, Santa Maria and the Dansoman Roundabout.
June 6, 2014
Deluge hits Accra, more Rains predicted!
Accra’s poor planning was exposed when a deluge hit the national capital after more than10 hours of downpour.
The heavy rains caused flooding in the city and its environs, including Adabraka, Awoshie, the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Mallam, North Kaneshie, Abeka, Dansoman and Odorkor.
July 4, 2014
Heavy rains leave havoc in Trail
Heavy rains resulted in havoc, with the worst hit areas in Accra such as Anyaa, Taifa, Dome, Nii Boi Town, Dansoman, some parts of Kaneshie, Adabraka, Awoshie, the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Mallam, Abeka, Dansoman and Odorkor submerged.
In all these disasters little has been done to tackle the real problem as the situation persists every Year!
More work to be done in Ghana, for Ghana and by Ghanaians.
June 3, 2015.
Ghana woke up to one of its worst natural disasters. A day described as the ‘saddest’ in its history.
What started the night before as a heavy downpour at the center of the country’s capital, the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, was aggravated after a nearby fuel station exploded in the downpour, leaving an estimated 154 Ghanaians lifeless whiles scores also sustained varying degrees of burns and injuries.
Several properties were lost with many rendered homeless.
People had gathered at the state-owned Goil fuel station to shelter from the heavy rains when the station exploded killing motorists, workers on duty at the station and the many passers by who were hoping to go home after the rains.
A year on, the government led by John Dramani Mahama and his vice president attended a memorial service to honour the victims of the ‘flood and fire’ disaster.
Whiles the rain was seen as a natural occurrence, the fire which worsened the situation was later said to have been caused by a a cigarette smoker who dropped a lighted stub into water that had oil floating on top of it, myjoyonline.com reported in August 2015.
“…Whether he was aware there was fuel on top of the flood waters or not is not clear to us so we have asked the security agencies to investigate properly and come to a conclusion on that matter,”
Chairman of the committee set up by the president, Mr Justice Isaac Delali Douse, said at press conference to announce the findings.
“Five houses including the Goil Filling Station suffered various degrees of damage as a result of the fire.
The properties are valued at 1,658,847 (over $428,000).’‘ the report said.
The memorial service was held at the Rev. Ernest Bruce Memorial Methodist Church at Adabraka in Accra, a few meters away from the site of the accident.
Most Ghanaians have complained that the site, a year on, has yet to be cleared.
The mayor of the city however has insisted that the city is better prepared in case a similar disaster struck.
He also asked families of victims who died in the incident and those who survived to participate in the service.
“Friday will be the first anniversary of the incident of June 3 and so the city in collaboration with other agencies have planned a memorial service and so we want to invite everybody especially the families of the deceased and the victims to come because this is in their honour…we want everybody to come and participate.”
June 2020!
The situation of Flooding continues unabated!
Sources : African-Research.com and Graphic.com
