The community submerged in water
The entire farming community of Ewusiejoe in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region has been submerged in water following heavy rainfall in the area yesterday.
Over 50 houses collapsed and some valuables including home appliances, food items and farm produce were all washed away by the flood waters.
Hundreds of the residents have also been rendered homeless.
In separate interviews, the residents indicated that the area has been experiencing heavy rainfall for years, but the community had never witnessed such flooding situation.
They attributed the current problem to the activities of illegal miners or galamseyers in River Butre in the area, making the river overflow its banks.
They suspected that the massive desilting currently taking place in the river has opened its estuary, causing the river to overflow its bank.
When DAILY GUIDE visited the community, it was revealed that the affected residents were packing what they could salvage from the floods.
It was also revealed that school children could not go to school due to the fact that all the roads leading to their schools have been flooded.
Speaking in an interview, the assembly member for Ewusiejoe Electoral Area, John Odum, expressed gratitude to God that no life was lost.
He also pointed out that the activities of illegal miners are the cause of the flooding situation.
He appealed to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to come to the aid of residents who have been rendered homeless to help assuage their plight.
He said the affected residents had no alternative but to put up with friends and relatives outside the area.
Hannah Yankey, an affected farmer, expressed worry that several reports had been made to the appropriate authorities to halt illegal mining activities in the River Butre, but nothing has been done about it.
She said she has lost all her properties through the flood, adding that she did not have anywhere to live with her family.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Ewusiejoe