Tidal Waves Displace Residents Of Ada

Several homes with dozens of residents have been rendered homeless following tidal waves that have hit the area, especially Aklabanya in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region.

The number of people who have been affected by the tidal waves of the sea keeps increasing by the day and the sea waves keep spreading itself into homes along the coast.

Residents find it difficult to feed themselves as their food have all been washed away since many of the community members are fisherfolks and the women smoke fish to sell but the sea has washed away the equipment they use for their businesses including cash.

Children are unable to attend school due to the situation in the area.

The affected homes are some kilometres away from the sea but the sea has been able to enter their homes due to the high tidal waves.

The Assembly Member for the Akplabanya Electoral Area, Fredrick Tetteh said “the chief’s palace is currently occupied by displaced residents, and many are still stranded.”

According to him, a team from the National Disaster Management Organization, NADMO, and the District Chief Executive for the area, have been to the community to assess the gravity of the disaster.

“Fishing canoes and outboard motors have been carried by the sea”, while a number of rooms have been rendered inhabitable.”

He said the community has been battling the sea’s tidal waves for three days now. The sea has taken over the lands in the area and spread into their homes.

A video sighted by DGN Online shows some of the local residents could be seen walking through the seawater that flooded their homes and villages.

Just about four months ago, a similar disaster displaced thousands of residents in the Keta Municipality.

The Sunday, 7, November 2021 incident resulted in a humanitarian crisis as thousands of local residents along the coastal belt of the Volta Region, got displaced and stranded.

The affected communities included Kedzikope, Keta Central and Abutiakope.

The residents were forced out of their homes and rendered homeless while others salvaged some of their belongings onto portions of the main road while they waited for the water to recede.

The surge of tidal waves has been an annual occurrence in those parts of Ghana