Accra Floods: Residents Swim With Horse and Goat to Safety as Adabraka Inundated

Harrowing footage has emerged from Adabraka in Accra showing residents going to extraordinary lengths to protect their animals after severe overnight flooding submerged homes and streets across the capital. In two widely circulated videos, one resident was seen swimming alongside his horse through chest-high floodwaters, while another braved the currents to pull his goat to safety.

The flooding was triggered by heavy rains that began on Sunday night and continued into Monday morning, overwhelming several Accra communities including Adabraka, Alajo, Avenor, Circle, Dzorwulu, Weija, and Kasoa. Major roads were submerged, businesses were shut, and the Monday morning rush hour was thrown into chaos as residents struggled to navigate the waterlogged streets.

In Adabraka, many homes have been rendered uninhabitable, with residents forced to wade through rising waters to recover their belongings. The scenes captured in the viral videos have drawn widespread attention to the scale of destruction wrought by the downpour.

Several emergency response agencies have been deployed across affected areas to assist residents and manage the crisis. These include the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana National Fire Service, the Ghana Armed Forces, and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), who are conducting rescue operations and monitoring developments on the ground.

The Ministry of the Interior has issued a public safety advisory urging residents to stay where they are, steer clear of flooded roads, and contact emergency services when needed. Those living in flood-prone communities have been encouraged to move to higher ground where it is safe to do so.

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has warned that rain-bearing clouds over southeastern Ghana will persist and spread westward through the evening, with occasional thunder expected. Northern Ghana is also forecast to experience thunderstorms from late afternoon into the night, raising concerns of further flooding in vulnerable areas.