{"id":23014,"date":"2014-06-05T19:34:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T19:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=23014"},"modified":"2014-06-05T19:34:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T19:34:13","slug":"residents-in-low-lying-areas-to-suffer-floods-until-nadmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/residents-in-low-lying-areas-to-suffer-floods-until-nadmo\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents in low-lying areas to suffer floods until\u2026 &#8211; NADMO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management <span class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\" id=\"488c1d92-a825-4175-b81e-26ef96fe65f9\">Organisation<\/span> (<em><b>NADMO<\/b><\/em>), Mr. <span class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\" id=\"90827ecb-505d-46ca-92d3-de38523665b6\">Sylevester<\/span> Azantilow\u00a0says individuals living in low-lying areas will continue to experience floods until they relocate to areas that are not prone to <span class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\" id=\"73e1e355-b979-4ec7-a19b-921549369931\">floods<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have done our best; we have made Ghanaians aware of what is going to happen this year with the heavy rains. Those who will suffer anything are those who continue to live in the low-lying areas because they have their own reasons,\u201dMr. <span class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\" id=\"35ec79a3-cdc4-4594-b6f2-d657599bf2e8\">Azantilow<\/span> said<\/p>\n<p>He said although residents living in those areas had been advised to relocate, they had refused to heed to NADMO\u2019s advice, thus contributing to the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Hours of heavy rainfall on Thursday led to flooding in parts of Accra and the other regions.<\/p>\n<p>The flood caused heavy vehicular traffic while most of the roads were almost impassable.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the flooding in the national capital, Mr. <span class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\" id=\"48fd12a7-2ff8-40cb-8b9e-a43a8b995d14\">Azantilow<\/span> explained that \u201cThe flooding is quite extensive, it is not something that we were expecting because the Meteorological Services has warned us that this year we will have heavy rains and we aware that Accra and its metropolis will suffer some floods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <b>Eyewitness News<\/b>, Mr. <span class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\" id=\"f30d1d12-7549-4e8b-a012-2dae750a881f\">Azantilow<\/span> further stated that NADMO had launched an initiative to cater for the individuals affected by the floods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur rescue team is on the stand by and\u00a0 we will visit all the areas to decide what assistance we can give them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Azantilow also said no casualties had been recorded yet, although some individuals had been rendered homeless by the flood.<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Mr. Sylevester Azantilow\u00a0says individuals living in low-lying areas will continue to experience floods until they relocate to areas that are not prone to floods. \u201cWe have done our best; we have made Ghanaians aware of what is going to happen this year with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":22956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[43,492,38,1282],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Residents in low-lying areas to suffer floods until\u2026 - NADMO - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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