After every rain in Accra, new flood stories surface not because rain is the problem, but because drainage systems are weak, clogged, or poorly planned. Until urban planning and enforcement are taken seriously, flooding will keep repeating.
I just got home! After 3hrs on the road trying to find a safe route home!! The new Legon side was a bad idea too! I eventually had to go use the dodowa road and branch on the regimanuel side straight to police city and home! I’ve seen shege today Chale!
11 years on, we have still not fixed the basics. it rained today and Adenta is flooded, buildings have collapsed, families are trapped under. sad day in Adenta Newsite bro💔
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JUST IN: Multiple people are feared dead, with others trapped after a storey building collapsed at Adenta New Site.
Residents and bystanders have rushed to the scene and are attempting to rescue those trapped beneath the debris while awaiting the arrival of emergency response personnel.
Eleven years after the June 3 disaster claimed over 150 lives, the skies opened again on the same date. Just minutes of heavy rain this evening and parts of Circle were already flooded—a painful reminder that some lessons remain unfinished.
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