June floods: Four-month-old baby remains missing as death toll hits 39
A four-month-old baby remains missing nearly two months after the devastating June 29 floods that affected communities across seven regions, Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed has disclosed.
The baby is the only person still officially reported missing following the disaster, which claimed 39 lives and affected 91,989 people from 18,398 households across 77 districts.
Speaking at the Government Accountability Series on Monday, August 24, Mr Muntaka said search and recovery efforts had accounted for the victims of the floods, but the four-month-old baby remained unaccounted for.
“A total of 91,989 persons from 18,398 households were victims of the disaster. One person remained missing, a four-month-old baby, and 39 deaths,” he said.
The Greater Accra Region recorded the highest number of affected persons and fatalities, with 56,022 people affected across 27 districts and 17 deaths.
The Central Region followed, with 21,882 people affected across 16 districts and 8 deaths.
In the Volta Region, 9,466 people across seven districts were affected, with four fatalities recorded.
The Ashanti Region recorded 1,461 affected persons across 16 districts, while the Western North Region recorded 937 affected persons across 6 districts, with no deaths reported.
The Western Region also recorded about 2,000 affected persons across two districts.
The Minister said one district in the Eastern Region was also affected, although no specific figure was provided for the number of people impacted.
The figures underline the scale of the June 29 floods, which disrupted communities, displaced households and resulted in significant loss of life across the affected regions.
However, the continued absence of the four-month-old baby means the impact of the disaster remains unresolved for the child’s family.
The Interior Minister did not provide further details on the circumstances surrounding the baby’s disappearance or the latest status of efforts to locate the child.
