Overall Orange alert Flood
in Ghana

Event summary

This flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 4260
Glide number: FL-2015-000065-GHA
Death: 150
Displaced: 5300
Countries: Ghana
From - To 02 Jun - 15 Jun

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 10 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Flooding in Accra, Ghana: How can we help the victimsTue, 16 Jun 2015 06:25:00 +0200.

On Wednesday June 3, 2015 Accra was submerged after a torrential rain which left in its wake a disaster of unprecedented proportion. Many parts of the capital including, Alajo, Adabraka, Awoshie, Tesano Dzorwulu were badly hit with lots of
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Accra’s flood and fire disaster-Our lack of value for human life ‘suck ... Fri, 12 Jun 2015 06:27:00 +0200.

Opoku Gakpo Writes: Accra’s flood and fire disaster-Our lack of value for human life ‘sucks’ It started off as one of those wet, rainy, cold evenings that would usually usher in an exciting and chilly, good-sleep inspiring night. But that w
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Chamber of Commerce bemoans flood victimsThu, 11 Jun 2015 16:58:00 +0200.

The National Executives and Staff of Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), have expressed sympathy to the families and member firms and partners of the Chamber who were affected by the flood disaster. The Chamber said the unfortuna
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Natural Disaster is caused by Climate ChangeThu, 11 Jun 2015 05:54:00 +0200.

In 1994, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) along with major diesel engine power manufacturers (Caterpillar, Cummins, Detroit, and others), and the California Air Research Board (ARB) collaborated to release a structured plan aimed a
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (7), INFORM (1), (1),