{"id":4292,"date":"2019-10-06T13:26:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T13:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2019-10-06T13:26:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T13:26:29","slug":"e-r-7-hour-downpour-displaces-1200-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/e-r-7-hour-downpour-displaces-1200-residents","title":{"rendered":"E\/R: 7-hour downpour displaces 1,200 residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>About 1,200 residents of Asuboni Rails in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region have been displaced following heavy rainfall.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The 7-hour downpour destroyed some 50 homes forcing residents to take refuge in a church building.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eastern Regional National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Director, Kwame Appiah Koduah confirmed this in an interview on Citi news adding that no deaths had been recorded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNADMO received reports of torrential rain on the 4th of October. The rain started around 10pm and lasted for 7 hours. As a result, 50 houses have collapsed and 1,200 people were rendered homeless. The people are now using a church hall as their place of residence and so far we have not recorded any deaths\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Flooding in various parts of Ghana anytime it rains has become a household problem that always leaves fear in the hearts of people when there are signs of rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 1,200 residents of Asuboni Rails in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region have been displaced following heavy rainfall. The 7-hour downpour destroyed some 50 homes forcing residents to take refuge in a church building. 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