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Major Roads, Bridges and Over 100 Homes Destroyed in Upper West Region Floods

Flood

Severity score20 / 100 · WatchLast verified20 Aug 2021
Date
Status
CLOSED
Aid Zone
AFRICA
Countries
Ghana
Agency
Local Gov

In brief

  • What happenedDamaging floods struck in Ghana‘s Upper West Region after recent heavy rainfall.
  • How many affectedAffected persons: 1,605
  • What help is neededResponse priorities should be confirmed in the linked source reports as needs change.

What changed

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Situation

Damaging floods struck in Ghana‘s Upper West Region after recent heavy rainfall. Disaster authorities said over 1,605 people were affected and over 100 homes destroyed. Furthermore flooding caused severe damage to roads and bridges in the region, impacting livelihoods and leaving some communities cut off. Roads were de

WorldsAid verification

A WorldsAid editor reviewed this record against the retained source record, cleaned feed formatting and checked the event, place and reporting date. 1 human-impact figure was separated from the narrative and dated where the source allowed. Earlier observations remain in the evidence history instead of being silently overwritten.

Verified figures

Affected persons
1,605 retained at 2021-08-20

What we knew when

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Provenance

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Cached dataset: worldsai_drup771.sql.gz

Record integrity:
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