NADMO advise people in flood-prone areas to move to safer grounds
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) have advised people living in flood-prone areas within Southern Ghana, have been advised to move to safer grounds as the rainy season peaks in the South.
“This is because, with more rains being expected, there is bound to be flooding in flood-prone areas, and one of the best means to protect life, is for people to vacate these areas during downpours.”
Mr. George Ayisi, Director of Communications, NADMO, told the Ghana News Express that whilst NADMO was prepared for emergencies that might result from flooding, it was best to avoid and prevent those situations in the first place.
He observed that currently, most natural soils had been covered with marble and other artificial building substances, which prevented rainwater from na...