Ghana

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Ghana

  • Region: Africa (2)
  • Sub-region: Sub-Saharan Africa (202)
  • Intermediate region: Western Africa (11)
  • M49: 288
  • ISO-2: GH
  • ISO-3: GHA

Recorded floods for Ghana

Total number of flood events: 26

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Glide ﹟ Start Date End Date Country Additional Countries Area (km²) Source Main Cause Fatalities Displaced Severity Flood impact index
Glide ﹟ Start Date End Date Country Additional Countries Area (km²) Source Main Cause Fatalities Displaced Severity Flood impact index
5301 2022-10-04 2022-10-04 Ghana 55 FloodList Dam/Levy break or release 0 1,500 1.0 1.7
4819 2019-10-25 2019-10-30 Ghana 7,286 FloodList Heavy rain 0 0 1.0 4.6
4683 2018-09-01 2018-10-02 Ghana 83,998 FloodList Heavy rain 34 100,000 1.5 6.6
4638 2018-06-28 2018-07-02 Ghana 23,281 FloodList Heavy rain 5 500 1.5 5.2
4631 2018-06-18 2018-06-19 Ghana Côte d’Ivoire 58,480 FloodList Torrential rain 21 115 1.0 5.1
4361 2016-06-12 2016-06-21 Ghana 74,506 News Heavy rain 5 0 1.0 5.9
4260 FL-2015-000065-GHA 2015-06-02 2015-06-15 Ghana Togo 266,950 News Torrential rain 150 5,300 1.5 6.7
3872 2011-10-26 2011-10-29 Ghana 9,830 News Torrential rain 14 43,000 1.0 4.6
3844 2011-07-22 2011-07-29 Ghana 55,103 News Heavy rain 6 12,571 1.0 5.6
3747 2010-11-05 2010-11-11 Ghana 4,568 News Heavy rain 0 2,600 1.5 4.7
3663 2010-06-22 2010-06-26 Ghana 150,908 0 Heavy rain 30 0 1.0 5.9
3542 2009-09-17 2009-09-21 Ghana 73,812 0 Heavy rain 0 5,000 2.0 5.9
3501 2009-07-06 2009-07-17 Ghana 77,547 0 Heavy rain 5 300 1.0 6.0
3486 2009-05-25 2009-05-26 Ghana 9,340 News Tropical Storm 115 20,000 1.5 4.4
3166 FL-2007-000132-BFA 2007-07-26 2007-10-10 Ghana 1,695,465 News Heavy rain 153 540,000 1.5 8.3
1947 2002-06-10 2002-06-12 Ghana 867 News Heavy rain 0 0 1.0 3.4
1861 2002-01-06 2002-01-08 Ghana 867 News Heavy rain 0 0 1.0 3.4
1740 2001-06-27 2001-06-30 Ghana 417 News Monsoonal rain 12 80,000 1.0 3.2
1560 1999-09-15 1999-10-11 Nigeria Ghana 861,989 News Heavy rain 85 396,748 2.0 7.7
1551 1999-09-03 1999-09-13 Ghana 126,691 News Heavy rain 1 9,000 1.0 6.1
1460 1998-10-19 1998-10-24 Ghana 25,282 News Heavy rain 3 0 1.0 5.2
1242 1997-06-12 1997-06-15 Ghana 4,330 News Heavy rain 6 0 1.0 4.2
971 1995-07-05 1995-07-07 Ghana 120,780 News Heavy rain 22 55,000 2.0 5.9
540 1991-07-14 1991-07-16 Ghana 36,968 News Heavy rain 5 0 1.0 5.0
358 1989-08-25 1989-08-29 Ghana 15,897 News Heavy rain 2 400 1.0 4.9
258 1988-10-01 1988-10-11 Ghana 102,162 News Heavy rain 0 3,000 1.0 6.1