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In September 2023, heavy rainfall and high water inflows into the Akosombo and Kpong dam reservoirs led to significant flooding in southeastern Ghana. The Volta River Authority initiated a controlled spillage of water from both the Akosombo and Kpong hydroelectric dams on September 15, 2023, which has since caused widespread flooding downstream.
The numbers have since increased to 31,000 [8] as of 19 October 2023.The number of affected people -children included, has increased to 35,857 as at 17 November 2023. [9] Communities impacted by the flood includes; the districts of North, Central, and South Tongu in the Volta Region, as well as the Asuogyaman District in the Eastern Region ...
Until 2023, the last time Akosombo dam community experienced flooding as a result of controlled spillage of the dam was in 2010. [ 24 ] On 15 September 2023, the Volta River Authority (VRA) initiated a controlled spillage of water from the Akosombo and Kpong dams situated in the Eastern Region.
This flood was caused by heavy rainfall. [5] In the Volta Region and the Eastern Region of Ghana, severe floods occurred after the Akosombo Dam was spilled, displacing 26,000 people from their homes in 2023. Reports from the BBC attributed the flood to heavy rainfall which caused the Volta River Authority to spill the dam. Below is a list of ...
Water outages are also being reported around the city with no estimated time of restoration. A curfew is in effect for the city of Asheville, starting at 7:30 p.m. and ending the next morning at 7 ...
2023 Ghana floods; 2023 Shama quarry explosion This page was last edited on 19 September 2023, at 19:11 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The year 2023 brought a brief period of record cold, flooding, a soggy summer and tornadoes to Southern New England. The National Weather Service captures the weather highlights (or maybe they ...
A slow-moving batch of thunderstorms brought 3 to 6 inches of rain to parts of South Florida on Tuesday, concerning forecasters, given that while thunderstorms were in the forecast, the heavier ...