- The Lower Volta Basin continues to be in a severe flood situation as more towns are forced to leave while others are completely shut off by the swelling flood levels. This is a result of the continuous spillage of the Akosombo and Kpong hydro dams.
- According to Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the member of parliament for North Tongu, who has been assisting in the evacuation of thousands of people who have lost their homes and property to the water, this is the case.
- On September 15, the Volta River Authority (VRA) started releasing extra water from the Akosombo and Kpong power dams.
- Although the reservoir’s current intake is estimated to be 400,000 cubic feet per second, the authority reports that it is now overflowing only approximately 183,000 cubic feet, and they are unsure of when the exercise will end.
- Meanwhile, millions of cedis worth of property has been lost, and thousands of residents in the Lower Volta Basin have been displaced.
- Nine districts have been impacted by the leak thus far. The South, Central, and North Tongu districts in the Volta Region are some of the hardest-hit areas.
