The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has provided a comprehensive account of the destruction caused by the heavy rains on Monday, 29 June 2026, in the Greater Accra Region and other parts of the country, revealing that more than 38,000 persons and 7,700 households have been displaced.
Delivering a statement in Parliament on Tuesday, June 30, the Minister said the downpour inundated several communities across the capital, disrupting economic and social activities and affecting thousands of residents in 18 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).
According to him, a total of 25 communities were impacted by the flooding, with Ga East, Ledzokuku, Ayawaso Central, Ga Central, Ga West, Ablekuma North, Ningo-Prampram, Weija-Gbawe, Ga South, Adenta, Krowor, Okaikwei South, Okaikwei North, Tema West, Tema Metropolitan, La Dade-Kotopon and Kpone-Katamanso among the hardest-hit assemblies.
Providing a breakdown of the figures, Muntaka disclosed that Ga East recorded 2,000 displaced persons from 400 households, with six people reported missing and five confirmed deaths.
Ledzokuku recorded 1,200 displaced persons from 240 households and one death, while Ayawaso Central registered 3,021 displaced persons from 605 households, one missing person and three deaths.
He added that Ga Central recorded 1,811 displaced persons from 363 households, while Ga West had 2,300 displaced persons from 460 households, with neither assembly recording any deaths or missing persons.
The Minister further revealed that Ablekuma North recorded 651 displaced persons from 131 households, Weija-Gbawe 2,500 displaced persons from 500 households, Ga South 2,100 displaced persons from 420 households, Adenta 1,850 displaced persons from 370 households, Krowor 6,500 displaced persons from 1,300 households, Okaikwei South 701 displaced persons from 141 households, and Okaikwei North 2,620 displaced persons from 524 households.
In Tema West, 3,450 people from 690 households were displaced, with three fatalities recorded, while Tema Metropolitan Assembly recorded 3,601 displaced persons from 721 households.
La Dade-Kotopon recorded 2,020 displaced persons from 404 households, and Kpone-Katamanso recorded 1,100 displaced persons from 220 households without any deaths.
“When you put all these numbers together, we have a total of 7,761 households that were displaced with 38,802 individuals affected, with seven persons still missing as of this morning,” he disclosed.
The latest figures come as emergency response agencies continue rescue, relief and recovery operations in flood-affected communities across the Greater Accra.
Mubarak also disclosed that Ghana recorded its highest monthly rainfall on record in June 2026, attributing the devastating floods that hit parts of the Greater Accra Region to an unprecedented volume of rainfall.
He revealed that the country recorded 593.2 millimeters of rainfall in June, the highest monthly total ever recorded since rainfall data began being tracked in 1995.
According to him, the intense downpour that triggered Monday June 29’s floods alone produced 169.2 millimetres of rainfall within a single day, making it the fourth-highest daily rainfall ever recorded in the country over the same period.
“The closest was in 2002, and that was 420.6 millimeters, and the other one was 2015, 380.3 millimeters,” he added.
The Interior Minister explained that while human activities such as indiscriminate dumping of refuse into drains and the construction of buildings on waterways contributed to the flooding, the sheer volume of rainfall would still have overwhelmed drainage systems.
“Naturally, it clearly shows that even if we had everything right, the kind of rains that we received in June and yesterday would have necessarily created some overflow and created some problem for us,” he said.
He further disclosed that the government only received an indication around midnight, before the rains, that weather conditions were expected to worsen, although the full magnitude of the rainfall could not be accurately predicted at the time.
The Minister’s remarks come as government agencies continue rescue, relief and recovery efforts following Monday’s floods, which claimed lives, displaced thousands of residents and caused extensive damage to homes, businesses and public infrastructure across the Greater Accra Region.
