Rainstorm renders 50 people homeless

Abetumeso (Western Region) 20 April 

Fifty people were rendered homeless and large acreage of food crops and cocoa farms destroyed by a severe rainstorm that hit Abetumeso in the Essaman electoral area of the Mpohor-Wassa East District at the weekend. The rainstorm ripped off the roofs of 10 houses, while the community centre collapsed. The victims who escaped unhurt, are putting up with friends and relatives.

The Assemblyman for the area, Mr. David Sono, who inspected the ruins and visited the victims, said the cost of damage runs into millions of cedis. He assured the people that he would convey their plight to the Western Regional Disaster Management Committee for assistance.