The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has triggered what it calls ‘Operation Thunderbolt 2020’ following signals from Burkina Faso that Bagre and Kompienga dams will be spilled any moment from Wednesday, August 5.
According to the Organisation, it has received reports from SONABEL, the managers of the two dams in Burkina Faso, that the dams will be opened due to the rate of rise in water levels.
This has been scheduled between Wednesday and Monday, August 10.
“Due to the possible effect of the spillage of the two dams on areas downstream the White Volta, some communities along the river are likely to be affected, as in flooding and NADMO will want such communities to be on the alert and prepare themselves for the spillage and its impact on them and their activities,” the Director General, Eric Nana Agyemang-Prempeh, said in a statement on Wednesday.
Source: 3news.com|Ghana
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