GHANA: TORNADO HITS GHANA VILLAGES, LEAVES DOZENS HOMELESS.

Record ID: 311505

  • Title: GHANA: TORNADO HITS GHANA VILLAGES, LEAVES DOZENS HOMELESS.
  • Date: 10th May 1968
  • Summary: 1. CU SIGNPOST "ODA" 0.03 2. LV WRECKED BUILDING 0.07 3. CU WRECKAGE (5 SHOTS) 0.25 4. LV MAN SALVAGES BELONGINGS 0.29 5. SV WRECKED BUILDINGS (5 SHOTS) 0.52 Initials MA/VS/MR/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 25th May 1968 13:00
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  • Location: ODA, GHANA
  • Country: Ghana
  • Reuters ID: LVA8ZDVQB47OPHQEL8T8CQZ8P90A
  • Story Text: A TORNADO THAT HIT THE GHANAIAN VILLAGE OF AKIM ADJOBUE WRECKED HOMES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND LEFT DOZENS OF FAMILIES HOMELESS.

    THE WIND AND RAIN HIT THE AREA ON MAY 6 AND WAS DESCRIBED AS THE SEVEREST IN LIVING MEMORY. THE TORNADO LASTED 15 MINUTES AND CAUSED DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT NEARLY GBP50,000 STERLING. AND AT NEARBY AKIM ODA 10 HOMES WERE HIT AND ROOFS WERE RIPPED OF. ONE OF THE WORST HIT HOMES WAS THE PALACE OF A LOCAL CHIEFTAIN.

    AFTERWARDS IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE TORNADO.
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