Accra, Oct. 27, GNA - Eleven deaths have so far been recorded by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) following the floods that hit parts of Accra in the early hours of Wednesday, October 26.

Three of the deaths were recorded at Adabraka Sahara, two each at Amanfrom on the Kasoa road, Anyaa Pala Town, Achimota and one each at Avenor and Insakanaa in Ga South District.

Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Thursday, Dr Kingsford Asamoah, Head of Research at NADMO National Secretariat said the Assessment and Relief Team, including members of the Technical Committee are seriously working on the ground assessing the impact and distributing relief items to the victims. Some of the affected areas visited by the team were Ablekuma North and South Constituencies, Asiedu Keteke, Okai Koi North and South Constituencies, Osu Korle-Clottey, Ledzokuku, Ga East, West and South Municipal Areas, Adenta and Tema Municipalities.

Dr Asamoah hinted that NADMO intends to involve the communities in development projects from the conception through implementation to reduce the perennial floods in the country. He said NADMO would meet community members to find out their capacities to help reduce the risks facing them to curb the continuous floods.

Dr Asamoah said over the years choked gutters and building on waterways had been the cause of floods and pledged the commitment of NADMO to intensify its educational programmes in the affected communities.

He said NADMO is ready to help the affected communities to undertake regular clean-up exercises to desilt gutters and appealed to the people to be law abiding.