Regional News of Sunday, 7 October 2018Source: citinewsroom.comNearly 300 people rendered homeless after Assin Fosu downpourThe flooding has been blamed on the overflow of the Betsisin River in Assin FosuAbout 294 people have been rendered homeless, whiles property running into millions of cedis have been lost at Assin Fosu in the Central Region, as a result of a downpour. Speaking to Citi News, Eric Arthur said the only casualty recorded was an individual bitten by a huge snake. He said the Betsisin River in Assin Fosu which has water from other drainage systems passing through it, was very weedy and choked, so the volumes of water which was supposed to pass through it to the various culverts could not go through. According to the Public Relations Officer,on October 3, they received a distress call from some residents of Assin Fosu Zongo about the flooding. He also hinted that the National Disaster Management Organisation would be partnering other agencies to desilt the various culverts in Cape Coast and its environs, to make way for water to flow freely when it rains.

Source: GhanaWeb October 07, 2018 19:18 UTC