An unusual rainstorm last Tuesday night hit the capital city, Accra, leaving in its wake, a number of uprooted trees and giant billboards together with damaged properties worth millions of Ghana cedis.
The downpour, which lasted for about half an hour, left several parts of Accra inundated by flood waters.
A tour by our team of reporters in some of the affected areas including the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange and Police Headquarters showed damaged buildings and make-shift structures.
For instance, the roads in front of the Nima Police Station including some offices in areas like Asylum Down were severely hit by the storm.
Qualtek, one of the companies of Groupe Nduom (GN), situated at Asylum Down, for had its glass doors and windows destroyed by the rainstorm.
Many cars, especially taxis, according to some residents of the afore-mentioned areas, had to park for fear of being washed away by the flood as was the case on June 3, 2016.
Also other places which were not spared of Tuesday’s rainstorm included Parliament House.
The roofs of Parliament House were ripped off as a result of the violent blowing wind that preceded the rains.
The two major drains at Alajo and Nima, Today observed, were full and were both running into the Odaw river at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange.
Apart from the flood and some properties which were destroyed by the rainstorm, some parts of Accra and Tema have been without electricity since last Tuesday as the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) technicians were said to be working to restore power to the affected areas.
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