{"id":347502,"date":"2017-08-24T07:52:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T07:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=347502"},"modified":"2017-11-10T14:49:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:49:04","slug":"200000-still-at-risk-from-bagre-dam-heavy-rains-nadmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/200000-still-at-risk-from-bagre-dam-heavy-rains-nadmo\/","title":{"rendered":"200,000 still at risk from Bagre dam, heavy rains – NADMO"},"content":{"rendered":"
The combined effect of the water levels of the White Volta rising and the Bagre dam being opened could leave almost 200,000 persons affected by flooding in northern Ghana and beyond.<\/p>\n
This year, the rains forecasts are going to be very heavy and they have started already in the north\u2026 Combined with the rainfall patterns, we are looking at almost half of the three northern regions being affected,”\u00a0the Deputy Director of NADMO, Abu Ramadan said on Eyewitness News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”FLLvM6lhrDyj4QXtf7SbHy48OPeuD94E”]The impact of the flooding could extend to economic activities because “it is not just the human beings but the livestock and the farms that will be affected so it will have a great impact on cash and the economy of the people within the three northern regions.\u201d<\/p>\n Areas in the Nothern Region recently had to contend with severe flooding from rainfall that left two persons dead.<\/p>\n The flooding also destroyed homes, livestock, feeder roads and farmlands in some parts of the region, even cutting off some towns.<\/p>\n A recent report concerning the threat of flooding “has sent panic” through NADMO, according to Mr. Ramadan.<\/p>\n This is especially so with the\u00a0Bagre Dam situation because “these are water levels, that when they rise beyond the warning levels, there is a possibility of it breaking its boundaries and causing flooding situations.\u201d<\/p>\n Bagre is almost about 20 percent full hence the need for it to be opened to prevent the breaking, he said.<\/p>\n