Tragedy In Kumasiby Abass Abdullah | 10-07-2018 15:13 |
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 Tragedy in Kumasi Countries in the Western part of Africa especially in Ghana experience two wonderful seasons within a year. The first season begins in November and ends in April, we observe no rain hence make the earth hot including the atmosphere, this type of season and widely known as the dry season. The second season is observed in between May and October; this type of season is directly opposite to the dry season hence called the wet season. After a successful dry season with hot atmosphere and other effects, people in the region have prepared massively to welcome this season as they used to do, on Thursday 28 th day of the last month, this blessing turn out to be massacre, torment to some residents in the city, five people have been confirmed dead and one missing, following a heavy rain that caused flooding. Mr. Kwabena Nsenkyire, the Ashanti Regional Coordinator of the Natural Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), confirmed this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) and said they were swept away by fast moving water. Their bodies had been found but could not readily provide their names. He said but the swift response of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and NADMO, the casualty figures would have been higher. The emergency response team rescued 293 people, who made distressed calls. He added that they are still searching to recover the body of a missing teenage girl. The rain destroyed properties worth Thousands of Cedi?s after it had rained for six solid hours. NADMO and GNFS were now working 24 hours emergency service to protect lives and properties in the city. |
