Disaster in Ghana

 

Over the course of the last week, Ghana was hit by terrible flooding. Over 1.5 million people live in the capitol where the flooding occurred. Of those citizens, 9,250 people were affected by the floods and 1,125 houses have been severely damaged. At least 200 people died and 60 have been hospitalized.

Ghana expected to receive 600 million dollars in order to protect the flood prone capitol of Accra. This money was going to be used to install storm drains and gutters, but when the government delayed the pay unexpectedly, floods struck.

Because of the lack of storm drains, water leaked into underground gas pipes and caused the tank to explode. Hundreds of people were huddled under the overhang of a nearby gas station when the explosion occurred At least 150 of those people are dead but the death toll is expected to go up.

All of this is why we lend. this explosion happened because of money. if Accra had gotten the money they would have put in storm drains and that explosion wouldn’t have happened. We lend so that others don’t suffer.

Emma T.

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