GHANA: FLOODS DEVASTATE KETA DISTRICT.

Record ID: 626894

  • Title: GHANA: FLOODS DEVASTATE KETA DISTRICT.
  • Date: 7th August 1968
  • Summary: 1. CU SIGNBOARD: "KETA" 0.04 2. TRAVEL SHOT ALONG FLOODED STREETS. 0.20 3. CU FLOODED STREETS AND HOUSES. 0.32 4. GV MAN WADING THROUGH WATER. 0.36 5. GV SMALL BOY IN MAIN STREET FISHING. 0.38 6. GV PEOPLE WADING THROUGH STREETS. 0.48 7. SV MR. ADJERLOLE INSPECTS DAMAGE TO HIS HOME. 0.56 8. LV MORE FLOODED HOMES AND PEOPLE LOOKING AT DAMAGED. (4 SHOTS) 1.23 9. LV FLOODED MARKET. 1.34 10. GV LORRY DRIVES THROUGH FLOODS. (3 SHOTS) 1.45 11. LV MORE FLOODED AREAS. 1.53 12. SV MAN IN CANOE PADDLES UP STREAM. (2 SHOTS) 2.05 13. SV FLOODED VICTIMS LEAVING HOME. 2.08 14. SV MAN IN CANOE PICKS UP FLOODED VICTIMS. 2.11 Initials PW/VS/CR/SC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 22nd August 1968 13:00
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  • Location: KETA, GHANA
  • Country: Ghana
  • Reuters ID: LVA4TXJQQUT69EKKTVZOS50TLDCI
  • Story Text: AN ESTIMATED 150,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HIT BY FLOODS WASHING ACROSS THE KETA DISTRICT NEAR THE GHANA-TOGO BORDER, AS THE KETA LAGOON CONTINUES TO SPILL FLOOD WATERS THROUGH NUMEROUS TOWNS AND VILLAGES. CROPS AND INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND DAMAGE 10 ROADS AND BRIDGES HAS DISLOCATED COMMUNICATIONS.

    KETA HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING SEASON FLOODING FOR YEAR, BUT THIS IS THE WORST DISASTER EVER. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE FLOODING WAS MADE WORSE WHEN ENGINEERS OF THE VOLTA RIVER AUTHORITY DIVERTED WATER FROM THE VOLTA LAKE INTO THE VOLTA RIVER TO AVOID ENDANGERING, BUT WAS BLOCKED BY A SANDBAR WHICH PREVENTED IT FLOWING OUT TO SEA.

    THE WORST HIT AREAS OF KETA ARE THE MARKET AREA, BUT FLOODS HAVE PUT ROADS UNDER WATER MAKING TRANSPORTATION OF FOODSTUFFS DIFFICULT.

    AMONG THE HOMES DAMAGED IS THAT OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE GHANA BROADCASTING CORPORATION, MR. ERIC ADJERLOLE.

    THE KODZI BRIDGE LINKING KETA WITH OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY IS ALSO COMPLETELY UNDER WATER, AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES ARE BEING FERRIED ACROSS THE VOLTA RIVER.
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