Some households along the coast in the Volta Region have been hit yet again by tidal waves and rendering residents homeless.
The tidal waves flooded Agavedzi and some adjoining communities in the Ketu South Municipality barely four months after hundreds were left stranded in some coastal communities in the region last year.
Citi News reports dozens of people are still counting their losses at Akplabanya in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region after the community was also hit by the tidal waves.
Assembly Member for the Akplabanya Electoral Area, Fredrick Tetteh has disclosed that the chief’s palace is currently occupied by displaced residents, and many are still stranded.”
According to him, a team from the National Disaster management organization, NADMO, and the District Chief Executive for the area, have been to the community to assess the gravity of the disaster.
He said, “Fishing canoes and outboard motors have been carried away to sea while a number of rooms have been rendered inhabitable.”
In Agavedzi on the Keta-Aflao stretch, residents have had to pack their belongings to the side of the major road while in total despair.
Tidal waves disaster has been a perennial occurrence troubling some coastal communities in Ghana, particularly in the Volta Region.
Some residents told Citi News they least expected the ravaging sea in their homes this early, considering the devastation they experienced some four months ago.
According to experts, the medium-term solution to the problem is the construction of a sea defence wall.