Rainstorm Rips Off 70 Houses, 100 Displaced In Akuapem North
Tricia
A violent rainstorm has ripped off a total of about 70 houses and a school in the Addo - Nkwanta and New Asuoyaa, both farming communities in Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern Region. Close to a hundred residents have been displaced by the disaster. At Addo Nkwanta community, forty 40 houses were ripped off
displacing 50 occupants while 30 buildings were also affected at New Asuoyaa rendering forty five 45 people homeless. A school was also partly ripped off in New Asuoyaa. The devastating rainstorm occurred Monday, February 8, 2021. Household properties, educational materials of the school children were destroyed. The
affected persons are perching with friends and families while salvaging their damaged properties with few making efforts to remobilize resources to reroof their buildings swiftly and resiliently. Victims are appealing for relief support. Meanwhile, Officials of the National Disaster Management Organization NADMO have visited the communities for assessment.
