Overall Green Flood
in Ghana

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Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103954
Death: 7
Displaced: 1340
Countries: Ghana
From - To 19 Jun - 30 Jun

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Greater Accra and Central Region, Ghana, Late June 2026Local media and emergency authorities in Ghana reported heavy rain in late June 2026 caused flooding in areas of Greater Accra and Central Region. Note: flooding was worsened by urban drainage problems. Separately, authorities issued evacuation warnings to communities along the Weija Dam spillway after spill gates were opened due to rising inflows from the Nsawam area on 29 June.Tue 30 Jun 2026Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Latest media headlines

This Saturday on Prime Insight: Experts to dissect national flood resp.. 7/3/2026 11:52:00 PM.

Critical national issues, ranging from the management of post-flood relief efforts to high-profile judicial decisions involving former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo, will take centre stage on Saturday, June 4, on Joy Prime’s Prime Insight
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AMA calls for engineered landfills as flood waste raises public health.. 7/3/2026 10:34:00 PM.

The Head of the Public Health Directorate at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Florence Kuukyi, has called for urgent government investment in engineered landfill sites, warning that Ghana’s struggling waste management system poses a g
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AMA calls for engineered landfills as flood waste raises public health.. 7/3/2026 10:22:00 PM.

The Head of the Public Health Directorate at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Florence Kuukyi, has called for urgent government investment in engineered landfill sites, warning that Ghana’s struggling waste management system poses a g
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GAF urges public cooperation as nationwide flood clean-up begins 7/3/2026 9:53:00 PM.

The Director General of Joint Operations of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier General Forster Okae-Yeboah, has urged residents in flood-affected communities to cooperate with security personnel as government intensifies a nationwide flood r
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),