{"id":124871,"date":"2015-06-14T17:32:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T17:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=124871"},"modified":"2015-06-15T10:28:07","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T10:28:07","slug":"circle-floods-again-after-sundays-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=124871","title":{"rendered":"Circle floods again after Sunday&#8217;s rains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly two weeks after the flood and fire disaster that claimed more than 100 lives at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra, the area experienced another flooding on Sunday following a heavy downpour.<\/p>\n<p>This is despite the demolition of structures supposed to be on waterways by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA).<\/p>\n<p>Several vehicles were seen stuck on the flooded streets, while others tried to push their faulty vehicles away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150614-WA0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-124873\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150614-WA0003.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150614-WA0003\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150614-WA0003.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150614-WA0003-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The AMA began the demolition after the double (fire and flood) disaster on June 3.<\/p>\n<p>People&#8217;s homes in the area were flooded, triggering an explosion at the GOIL filling station which claimed over 90 lives on the spot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150614-WA0007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-124874\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150614-WA0007.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150614-WA0007\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150614-WA0007.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150614-WA0007-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The President called for drastic measures to be taken to prevent any more of such disasters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150614-WA0008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-124875\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150614-WA0008.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150614-WA0008\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150614-WA0008.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150614-WA0008-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This led to the dredging of the Odaw river and demolitions of structures on the waterways.<\/p>\n<p>But intermitted rainfall on Sunday caused another flooding in the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly two weeks after the flood and fire disaster that claimed more than 100 lives at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra, the area experienced another flooding on Sunday following a heavy downpour. This is despite the demolition of structures supposed to be on waterways by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA). 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