{"id":158508,"date":"2015-10-09T11:58:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T11:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=158508"},"modified":"2015-10-09T12:51:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T12:51:58","slug":"rains-submerge-parts-of-accra-again-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=158508","title":{"rendered":"Rains submerge parts of Accra again [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over twenty shops along the Teshie Lascala Market Road were flooded as a result of heavy rains on Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/under-a-feeling-station-shelter-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158527\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/under-a-feeling-station-shelter-2.jpg\" alt=\"under a feeling station shelter (2)\" width=\"531\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/under-a-feeling-station-shelter-2.jpg 531w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/under-a-feeling-station-shelter-2-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some parts of Accra, including the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Lapaz, Kaneshie among others were also flooded in what has almost become a normal occurrence even at the slightest downpour.<\/p>\n<p>Some roads in the capital were also inundated by the downpour leaving passengers stranded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/flooding-at-tesano-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158521\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/flooding-at-tesano-1.jpg\" alt=\"flooding at tesano (1)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/flooding-at-tesano-1.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/flooding-at-tesano-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/under-a-feeling-station-shelter-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-158526\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/under-a-feeling-station-shelter-1.jpg\" alt=\"under a feeling station shelter (1)\" width=\"534\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/under-a-feeling-station-shelter-1.jpg 713w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/under-a-feeling-station-shelter-1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The heavy rains come months after a flood and fire disaster which claimed the lives of close to 200 persons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/flooding-at-tesano-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158525\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/flooding-at-tesano-5.jpg\" alt=\"flooding at tesano (5)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/flooding-at-tesano-5.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/flooding-at-tesano-5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) days after the incident occurred, demolished some structures on waterways\u00a0 and dredged some choked drains since in their view, that was largely to blame for the perennial floods.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/flooding-at-tesano-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158522\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/flooding-at-tesano-2.jpg\" alt=\"flooding at tesano (2)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/flooding-at-tesano-2.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/flooding-at-tesano-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the rains on Thursday dawn which continued on Friday morning for a few hours, has left many areas flooded.<\/p>\n<p>From the Giffard Road near Burma Camp, \u00a0a commercial driver, Prince Charles, told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> traffic moved\u00a0slowly as flood waters submerged the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are on the route from 37 Trade Fair road and because of the poor drainage, the whole road is flooded and cars cannot move. The road is filled with water and although\u00a0there is an underground drain that the water needs to run through so that it will not get on the road, I don\u2019t know how it was done but the water is not going through and it is competing with the vehicles for space,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News&#8217;<\/strong> \u00a0Raymond Acquah also reported of\u00a0heavy vehicular traffic at Kaneshie because of the floods.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u00a0&#8220;no one is\u00a0using the route from Kaneshie to Accra because the place is flooded. They have all joined the circle route.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The traffic light is working but the cars are not moving so it is virtually useless. There are no Policemen on the ground, those Policemen who use to be at Kaneshie are no longer there. People are standing in front of shops while others have moved into vehicles which are not moving.There is little movement&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s) [0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over twenty shops along the Teshie Lascala Market Road were flooded as a result of heavy rains on Thursday and Friday. Some parts of Accra, including the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Lapaz, Kaneshie among others were also flooded in what has almost become a normal occurrence even at the slightest downpour. 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