Floods paralyze Ghana capital, kill three
Torrential rains sparked flooding across Accra on June 29, killing at least three people, authorities and local media reported.
Flooding is common during Ghana’s rainy season, but residents say inundations in the capital have become worse in recent years due to rapid urbanization, the building on and blocking of waterways and a lack of investment in drainage infrastructure.
Some 140 millimeters of rain fell on the city in a single day, “the highest experienced in several years” and nearly triple last year’s high, President John Mahama said.
“That aspect of the problem is beyond our control because it is driven by changing climatic conditions,” he said on X.
