Three residents, including a four-year-old girl, lost their lives during the heavy rains on Sunday, May 18.

In an interaction with the media, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Adentan Municipal Assembly, Ella Esiman Nongo, named Lakeside, Nanakrom, and New Legon as areas where the fatalities occurred.“In Lakeside, we lost two people, including a four-year-old girl at Nanakrom and a gentleman around New Legon,” she stated.Sunday's rainfall, which started around 3:00 p.m., lasted for almost three hours.

The downpour disrupted traffic and daily activities. Weija, Kaneshie, Adabraka, Tema, and Adentan-Dodowa are a few of the areas that have been affected by the rains.

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), on the other hand, has indicated that the organization has yet to record fatalities following the heavy rains.Over the years, the country has been battling severe flooding whenever there are heavy rains, particularly in Accra.

According to NADMO, the canker results from poor hygiene practices and poor drainage infrastructure.

“Most of the problems we have observed are that there is a lack of drainage in some communities, some of the areas are filled with filth…In some of the areas, we also have engineering defects,” he explained.Gov't's move to end perennial flooding

President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed his commitment to tackling Ghana’s persistent flooding challenges by ordering the demolition of illegally constructed buildings blocking waterways.

Speaking at the 2025 National Eid-ul-Fitr celebration at Black Star Square, he blamed the increasing flood disasters on poor urban planning and unauthorized developments in wetlands, waterways, and Ramsar sites.

The President made it clear that his administration would take drastic action against encroachers, stressing that all structures obstructing natural drainage systems would be removed to prevent further destruction.