Abstract
If adequate measures are not taken to protect the water bodies in Ghana, the rivers will dry up and those left will be highly polluted and the country will have to import drinking water from the neighbouring countries and from abroad for human consumption. Also, lots of lives and property would be lost through flooding in most cities in every rainy season if certain habits like building on water ways and dumping of rubbish into drains are not discouraged.
Highlights
Floods usually occur when land, which is normally dry, is inundated with water
Lots of lives and property would be lost through flooding in most cities in every rainy season if certain habits like building on water ways and dumping of rubbish into drains are not discouraged
Accra suffered from severe flooding for several hours of heavy rainfall, and gas explosion which killed more than 100 people sheltering from the rains at a GOIL fuel station near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, and injured others
Summary
Floods usually occur when land, which is normally dry, is inundated with water. Rainfall is a very common but not the only cause of floods in Accra. If adequate measures are not taken to protect the water bodies in Ghana, the rivers will dry up and those left will be highly polluted and the country will have to import drinking water from the neighbouring countries and from abroad for human consumption. Lots of lives and property would be lost through flooding in most cities in every rainy season if certain habits like building on water ways and dumping of rubbish into drains are not discouraged.
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