Ghanaian Dam Spillage, Navy Rescues Over 8,000 people.
More than 8,000 people have been rescued in the Volta region after heavy flooding caused by the overflow of Akosombo and Kpong hydro-electric dams, the Ghanaian Army revealed.
Ghana has deployed its navy and other teams to rescue thousands of people affected by the spillage of excess water from some of the major dams amid heavy rains.
Commodore EA Kwafo from the Naval Training Command during an update on the floods at Mepe in the Volta Region said the combined rescue team deployed to the affected districts is currently monitoring critical infrastructure and responding to distress calls in order to neutralise the effect of the damage caused by the spillage.
He told local media that they had “evacuated over 8,000 flood-stricken people to safe havens."
"We are monitoring critical infrastructure as well as responding to distress calls from the district assemblies, VRA, and NADMO and we have been rescuing people on the water and we are monitoring the estuary because it becomes a deathtrap in times of flooding."
The Volta River Authority commenced the controlled water spillage from the Akosombo and Kpong Dam on September 15, 2023, due to a consistent rise in the inflow pattern and water level of the Akosombo reservoir and is still ongoing
The flooding has created a humanitarian challenge downstream in several communities in parts of the Volta, Eastern and Greater Accra regions.
Thousands of residents in South Tongu, North Tongu, Central Tongu, Asuogyaman, and several other residents have had their homes submerged due to the spillage and at least 12,000 people are reported to have been displaced by the floods so far.
