Commuters and other road users have been left stranded after an hour of heavy rainfall in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi.
Major areas including Sawaba, Aboabo, Anloga, Kwadaso, Tafo Sepe Boukrom have been flooded, with a number of houses submerged following the downpour.
Many residents of these areas have been displaced.
Some passengers had to alight from the vehicles they were in to walk through the flood waters in order to get to their homes.
Other commuters are waiting for the flood waters to recede before they can continue the journey to their homes.
No casualty has been reported yet, but many residents have lost their properties.
Accra recovering
A downpour two weeks ago across the country resulted in the deaths of 10 people, with Accra the hardest hit city.
“We’ve lost ten lives across the country. If I say across the country meaning Greater Accra, Volta and Central Region,” Deputy Director-General of NADMO, Abu Ramadan, disclosed on Citi TV’s current affairs show, The Point of View.
Several areas in the capital were flooded with properties also destroyed by the floods.
Missing doctor’s body found after Accra floods
Some fishermen close to the Kpeshie Lagoon in Accra on Wednesday found the body of Dr. Ayah Hayfron who went missing after Monday night’s rains that flooded several areas.
Dr. Hayfron died after the strong currents of rushing flood waters carried the salon car she was driving into a drain at a suburb called Rasta, along the Teshie Bush Road in Accra.
Woman, 2 grandkids electrocuted amidst rain in Sokpoe
In the Volta Region, three people died at Sokpoe after they were electrocuted during the rains.
Yaa Gayi and her two grandchildren, Elolo Dofey and Morkporkpor Dofey, who were residents of Morkordze, a suburb of Sokpoe in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region, were electrocuted by a live-wire whose insulation had peeled off.
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By: Hafiz Tijani/citinewsroom.com/Ghana