When rain redraws the Map: Accra's flooding crisis can no longer be called 'normal'
Accra became a city of islands on June 29, 2026, after hours of relentless rainfall. Neighbourhoods including parts of Achimota, Atomic, Spintex, Tse Addo, and previously less-affected residential zones were cut off. The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) temporarily shut down power substations at Mallam and Achimota as floodwaters threatened critical infrastructure.
Areas once considered relatively safe were inundated, and recent flood susceptibility studies highlight districts such as Weija Gbawe and coastal communities as increasingly very high risk, with hundreds of thousands of buildings and millions of residents exposed. Major routes including the N1 Highway, Apenkwa towards Tesano, the Accra-Kasoa stretch, Kaneshie, Darkuman Junction, and areas around the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange were severely affected. The Ghana School of Law postponed its June 29 examinations. The Interior Minister, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, urged...
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Accra experienced unprecedented flooding on June 29, 2026, as relentless rainfall transformed previously unaffected areas into isolated islands.
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