The destructive rainfall on Monday, June 29, 2026, led to the death of at least 12 people and affected 38,802 individuals, with seven people missing.
The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, who gave these figures on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, 30 June, 2026 also noted that a total of 7,761 houses were displaced.
“Mr Speaker, when you put all these numbers together, we have a total of 7,761 households that were displaced, with 38,802 individuals affected and seven persons still missing, as of this morning. And the total deaths are 12 individuals that we lost,” the minister told Parliament.
He immediately seized the opportunity to extend condolences from the government and the people of Ghana to the families that lost their family members.
BREAKDOWN
According to the minister, the amount of rainfall last Monday was 169 millimetres, the fourth highest this country has ever seen in a day since 1995.
In all, 18 metropolitan assemblies in Accra were affected by the chaotic downpour, including Ga East, Ledzokuku, Ayawaso Central, Ga Central, Ga West, Ablekuma North, Ningo-Prampram, Weija-Gbawe, Ga South, Adenta and Korle Klottey.
Other areas were Okaikoi South, Okaikoi North, Tema West, Tema Metropolitan Assembly, La Dadekotopon and Krowo.
He also noted the number of displaced individuals in the various municipalities. He reported that Ga East had 2,000 displaced individuals, which included 400 households, six missing persons and five deaths.
In Ledzokuku, 1,200 were displaced, with 240 households, one missing and one dead. Ayawaso Central had 3,021 persons displaced from 605 households, one person missing and three deaths.
From Ga Central 1,811 individuals were displaced from 363 households and the twin assembly, Ga West, equally did not lose anybody and nobody got missing, but the number of persons that were displaced were 2,300 from 460 households.
Ablekuma North had 651 displaced persons, 131 households, and no missing or dead persons, and Ningo-Prampram had 1,377 displaced persons and 276 households.
The Weija-Gbawe assembly recorded 2,500 individuals and 500 households; Ga South, 2,100 displaced and 420 households and Adenta had 1,850 and 370 households.
Korle Klottey had 6,500 displaced individuals, amounting to 1,300 households; Okaikoi South had 701 displaced individuals and 141 households; and Okaikoi North had 2,620 displaced individuals and 524 households.
Tema West had 690 households displaced, with 3,450 individuals homeless; the Tema Metropolitan Assembly had 721 households displaced, which affected 3,601 individuals and three persons lost their lives.
La Dadekotopon had 404 households displaced, amounting to 2,020 individuals and Krowo had 220 households displaced and 1,100 individuals affected, with no deaths.
THE RAIN
Following the rainfall that lasted over seven hours on Monday, reports showed the devastating effects that came with it.
The havoc wreaked on the nation and its citizens sent shivers down the spines of everyone, both young and old alike.
Viral videos captured sorrowful moments when some individuals were seen being carried away by floods with no help in sight, as onlookers dreaded losing their lives in an attempt to offer help.
This reporter has sighted a video where a young boy was trapped in a wooden structure that was afloat and moved in the direction of the flood. Again, a man on a motorbike was also seen being carried away by the flood along with his motorbike.
Aside from the human lives that were lost, unquantified amounts of property were destroyed by the floods, with a farmer showing a video of his lifeless poultry that were also consumed by the flood.
However, two other people, whom the floods had separately carried away, were rescued by the timely intervention of some brave neighbours.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Meteorological Service has warned of heavy rains in the coming days.
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