Three children have been hospitalized at Atasemanso in the Kumasi metropolis after the fence wall of a building collapsed following a downpour on Wednesday, June 23, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scores of residents in major parts of the Kumasi metropolis have been displaced by the rain, with their property destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fuel stations, houses, and church buildings were the worst affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Traders at the Atasemanso market have had most of their wares destroyed as trading activities have come to a halt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Assembly Member for the Atasemanso Electoral area, Agyei Kusi in a Citi News interview said a number of properties have also been damaged by the rains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He thus called on the assembly to construct a proper drainage system for the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cActually, it is very serious here today [Wednesday], although sometimes it floods when it rains, this one is very serious. I was in town when it started raining, and it rained constantly for an hour, and I said to myself I need to go home. So at the time I got here, I saw my area flooded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe shops, stores, and rooms, everywhere, had been flooded. So we need a robust drainage system at the back of the market to accommodate the volume of water that comes through the area when it rains.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n