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Four Persons Confirmed Dead in Flood

Sunday night’s downpour which caused flash flooding in parts of Greater Accra killed Four persons, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has reported.

Two persons, a man and his child, were said to have been carried away in a pick-up vehicle they were traveling by flooding water at Flamingo near Kaneshie Zongo Junction in Accra.

The body of a man believed to have been drowned, was also discovered at Awudome after the rain stopped and the flooding water subsided.

The circumstances under which the fourth person died and where, according to the Greater Accra Regional Director of NADMO, Archibald Cobbina, are not immediately known as the information was based on reports they received from residents.

Mr Cobbina said was therefore unable to give details on the incidents.

Speaking with ahotoronline on Monday morning Mr. Cobinna has said, officials of the disaster management organization have been dispatched to various locations where the rainstorm caused disaster to assess the extent of damage.

The heavy rains started in parts of Accra at about 5:30pm Sunday with thundering and lightening, leaving parts of the capital, mainly parts of Kaneshie, Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Avenor, Dansoman, and Darkuman submerged in flood.

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