Flooding

The flooding in the North of Ghana affected thousands of people. Just like the flooding in England and Wales caused significant damage and disruption during the following week. Five people died in the United Kingdom as a direct result of the storms. There was one very lucky escape when a small child was sucked into an open storm drain and disappeared in front of her father. He knew where the storm drain discharged and made his way to that point under very difficult circumstances indeed. The outlet area was also flooded and he rescued his daughter’s lifeless body. She was unconscious but he had saved her and they both appeared on national morning television the very next day. She badly bruised and he the proud father.

But for others in both Countries there was no happy ending. I recall the manner in which the flash floods occurred while I was in Ghana. Within an instant, roads became rivers. This was very scary and an event that was totally out of character with the surroundings and the heat. This type of weather is bad enough when you are sat inside a two storey brick house, and I wonder what these events must feel like for those who live in less secure structures. And worse still, people who in the main have no hope of securing help when things go wrong. But today there is no rain, only sun. The weather has turned for the best here in Wales, and I suspect that it is pretty warm in and around Accra as well.