Flooding in Ghana
Over 4,000 residents in Ghana's south eastern region have been forced to abandon their homes due to widespread flooding. The crisis has been triggered by the overflowing of the Akosombo Dam, resulting in the devastating destruction of homes and farmlands along the banks of the River Volta.
The deluge has led to the disruption of essential services, leaving some areas without access to water and electricity. Ghana's Volta River Authority had previously asked residents to move to higher ground as water levels upstream of the dam continued to rise due to heavy rains.
- Type of event
- Flood
- Location of event
- Ghana
- Date of Charter Activation
- 2023-10-14
- Time of Charter Activation
- 20:53
- Time zone of Charter Activation
- UTC+02:00
- Charter Requestor
- UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER on behalf of National Disaster Management Organization
- Activation ID
- 844
- Project Management
- Oyewumi Ademuyiwa (National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA))
- Value Adding
- UN-SPIDER,
- Silvia Pardi LaCruz (Federal University of Santa Maria),
- Caleb Odiji (NASDRA),
- Elikem Harvor Timothy (National Disaster Management Organisation),
- Ida Svendsen (UNITAR)