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Scores injured in rainstorm at Akyem Asuom


Heavy Downpour Over 1,500 residents displaced, scores injured in rainstorm at Akyem Asuom

One person is reported to be in a critical condition while several others have sustained injuries.

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Heavy downpour has rendered hundreds of residents of Akyem – Asuom homeless in the Kwaebirim District of the Eastern Region.

One person is reported to be in a critical condition while several others have sustained various degrees of injuries.

READ MORE: Accra floods again after rainfall

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The heavy rains which lasted over three hours with heavy storm has destroyed homes, church buildings, markets, schools structures and provision shops on Sunday, February 25.

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The victims were rushed to the hospital after the heavy downpour.

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READ ALSO: Heartbreaking photos show Accra's devastating flooding

Officials of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) swiftly visited the devastated community and described the incident as crises which requires swift national intervention.

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