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A devastating flood has caused the collapse of at least 70 houses in Eastern Ghana.

Several people in a town called Atiwlame, in the Affram Plains North District have been rendered homeless.

According to officials of Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), the flooding was caused by the overflow of a river in the area.

The overflow of the Affram River was due to the spillage of the Bagre Dam in neighboring Burkina Faso. That was also compounded by torrential downpour.

The Bagre Dam is located on the White Volta River that begins in Burkina Faso. It converges with the Black Volta downstream and feeds into Lake Volta in southern Ghana.

Spillage of excess water from the Bagre Dam annually wrecks havoc in many communities in Ghana.

Close to hundred residents have been displaced. They are being sheltered temporarily in churches and schools, according to NADMO officials.

Last month at least 34 people died in northern Ghana from floods also caused by the spillage of the Bagre dam and days of heavy rains.

Some are still reported missing with thousands of people still homeless.

 

 

 

Source: Africafeeds.com

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