Accra the capital city experienced yet again another heavy downpour of rain in different parts.
Characteristic is heavy downpours in the city, this one downpour has also led to a record of deaths. News coming in has it that a military vehicle was swept off the bridge it was on.
Seven (7) bodies so far have been retrieved by the national disaster management, NADMO. Four (4) of the retrieved were from the truck which was swept by the rapid tide and the 3 were retrieved at Sakaman.
The stories of loss of life and property in the floods in Accra are not new. The reasons given usually have been the same: choked gutters, building without conformity to city plans or building on waterways, etc.
Every year it seems the country goes through this loss and talks about it only during the loss but quickly forgets after the rains and the burials.
Citizens should be careful not to leave safe buildings during rains. And drivers must not attempt to drive through rains as well.
We need all Ghanaians alive, so we can save ourselves from these losses during our city floods.
