The Central Regional Head of Training and Disaster Control Department of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Mr. Enock Kojo Forson has called on residents living within flood-prone areas in the Central Region to remain vigilant to avoid any casualties as the rains set in.
Last year within this period the Central Regional NADMO recorded three deaths and loss of properties through floods, a horrific event the disaster management organisation wants to avert this year.
Officials of the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) have already given warnings of heavy rainfalls this year with most parts of the country including the Central Region already experiencing hours of downpours.
Mr. Forson explained though NADMO is doing its best to increase sensitization, it is important for residents who are likely to be affected to do the needful to safeguard their lives and properties.
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In an interview with ATLFMNEWS, Mr. Forson urged residents living within flood prone areas to either correct structural defects on their buildings or relocate to families that can host them for a while.
He reiterated the need for people to stop building in areas that will interfere with the natural flow of water when it rains adding that “no matter what you do water finds its natural course and once water finds its level you will be affected.
He therefore encouraged people to take cues from what has happened previously and learn major lessons from them.
He said fatalities have not yet been recorded with the onset of the rains this year however, there are over GHC 100,000 worth of Properties that have been destroyed in floods and fire.
He cited flood prone areas in cape coast such as Amamoma and its environs, Eyifua, Africana among others as areas currently experiencing floods. On fire outbreaks within this same period of rains, Mr. Forson explained about 10 fire cases has been tabled at their office.
To this end, Mr. Forson advised all and sundry to make their safety their priority and ensure that electrical gadgets are not exposed to the rains to cause shock and havoc to them.
Source: Aba Aikins Appah/ATLFMNEWS
