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<\/p>\nA three-year-old boy has been confirmed dead, while 30 others have been left injured following the collapse of a church building’s wall, and two others whose roofs were ripped off\u00a0 in a rainstorm at Agona Swedru in the Central Region.<\/p>\n
The buildings, located in different parts of the area, were holding Sunday services when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n
The injured persons are receiving treatment at the Agona Swedru Government Hospital.<\/p>\n
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Covenant Temple Ministry, one of the affected churches, was shielding the children from the rainstorm when its roof and wall collapsed.<\/p>\n
The deceased, who was among the children seeking shelter on the podium, was crushed by the broken wall.<\/p>\n
It took the intervention of some personnel from the Ghana National Service to help persons trapped under the rubble to be removed.<\/p>\n
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in the region, estimates that over 600 residents may have been affected by the Sunday rainstorm, with some rendered homeless.<\/p>\n
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According to the Agona West Disaster Control Officer, Joseph Kojo Appiah, the incident\u00a0“has affected schools, residential facilities, and churches. The church building totally collapsed while a church service was ongoing. About 30 people were injured and they are receiving treatment at the hospital. In other rural areas, about 7 people were injured. About 600 people have been affected. Internally displaced persons are about 200 but they are all not in the same area. The rain brought a power outage so we are still trying to communicate with our staff on the ground so by close of day, we\u2019ll issue a full report.\u00a0For those without places to spend the night, we\u2019ll find a temporary shelter for them,\u201d he told Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, power is yet to be fully restored to the area as some electricity cables and poles were destroyed by the storm.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A three-year-old boy has been confirmed dead, while 30 others have been left injured following the collapse of a church building’s wall, and two others whose roofs were ripped off\u00a0 in a rainstorm at Agona Swedru in the Central Region. The buildings, located in different parts of the area, were holding Sunday services when the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":406552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[4259,3],"yoast_head":"\n