An unidentified man was found dead on Thursday after a downpour flooded some areas in Kumasi on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
The deceased’s body was found in a drainage at Abinchi near the Afia Kobi Market after the floodwater subsided.
A resident later told journalists that, the deceased, who was not from the community, was seen trying to cross the flooded drain earlier.
They reportedly advised him against it but he did not heed them.
Meanwhile, a 21-year-old woman is also feared dead after she was swept away by the flash floods.
The missing young woman, Francisca Amoah Serwaa reportedly slipped and fell in a drainage near her home at Breman UGC, another suburb of the Ashanti regional capital.
She is yet to be found after residents failed to rescue her.
The Wednesday night downpour flooded some parts of Kumasi including Anloga Junction, Dakodwom, Abrepo, Kaase and the Central Business District.
Some vehicles were submerged in the flood waters on the Anloga Junction to the Adum section of the main Kumasi-Accra highway leaving scores of commuters stranded.
This led to heavy vehicular traffic on the stretch.
It took the intervention of fire and police personnel to recover some vehicles from the flood.
Meanwhile, portions of the New Kejetia Market also got flooded as a result of the rains.
It is reported that the downpour destroyed goods worth thousands of Ghana cedis with affected traders, expressing disappointment over the continuous flooding of the market.
They appealed to the government and the authorities at the market to come to their aid.