Accra Floods: Videos Show Cars Submerged, Rooms Filled To Knee Level With Rain Water

Accra Floods: Videos Show Cars Submerged, Rooms Filled To Knee Level With Rain Water

  • The rains are wreaking more havoc on many homes and businesses as videos show more flooding on Tuesday, May 24, 2022
  • One video shows a room filled to the knee-level at an undisclosed location in Accra due to the rains
  • Many other videos shared online show communities in Osu and Adabraka, all in the capital, submerged under choppy floodwaters

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Videos being shared online show the flood situation in Accra is getting worse with the onset of the rains as cars, lotto kiosks, and rooms are submerged under water.

In many parts of the capital, the rains have been falling since the dawn of Tuesday, May 24, 2022, and have left in its wake destruction of property and infrastructure.

At Adabraka, a flood-prone area in Accra, a video shared on Facebook shows at least five cars almost covered in the floods as their upper parts are visible. In the same video, a lotto kiosk has been turned over and moving up and down gently on the surface of the floodwaters.

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Accra floods
The onset of the rains has caused flooding of roads and rooms in major parts of Accra. Source: Twitter/@khaissah, @MoAgyemangNyame
Source: Twitter

A video of the situation at Osu, regarded as one of the wealthy areas in Accra, shows a woman locked outside her door because rising floodwaters make it difficult for her to enter.

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Another video shared by a victim of the flood shows the electronic appliances, sofas and other items soaked as rainwater takes over a room at an unnamed location.

Ghanaians Share Disturbing Videos and Photos From Powerful Rain on Saturday

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh has reported in a separate report that scores of people have shared visuals from last Saturday evening's heavy downpours in Accra that left many parts of the capital flooded.

It rained heavily for hours on Saturday, May 21, and continued rather calmly on Sunday morning, May 22. Urban centres in the Greater Accra Region, including North Kaneshie, Kwame Nkrumah Circle, and Kasoa in the Central Region, got flooded.

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Some Ghanaians took to social media, particularly Twitter, to upload videos and photos of flooded areas from Saturday evening's rains.

Video of Man, Others Screaming To Save Driver From Drowning Stirs Emotions; “Yo This Be Crazy”

Also, in another report, YEN.com.gh reported that Twitter user Shatta Ama shared a video of people making frantic efforts to save a motorist from being carried away by Saturday's floods in parts of Accra.

In a video online, the occupants of a house, including a man, can be heard screaming to alert the motorist from driving into what seemed like a flooded ditch.

One person said he was a ''White man'' as the male among them yelled his lungs to get the driver's attention.

Source: YEN.com.gh

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George Nyavor (Head of Politics and Current Affairs Desk) George Nyavor writes for YEN.com.gh. He has been Head of the Politics and Current Affairs Desk since 2022. George has over 9 years of experience in managing media and communications (Myjoyonline and GhanaWeb). George is a member of the Catholic Association of Media Practitioners Ghana (CAMP-G). He obtained a BA in Communications Studies from the Ghana Institute of Journalism in 2010. Reach out to him via george.nyavor@yen.com.gh.