Businesses count costs after Accra floods

Hundreds of businesses, large and small, have started counting their costs after they were inundated by hours of torrential rains that hit the capital on Wednesday night through the early hours of Thursday.
Properties, including new and old vehicles, new office accessories, electrical appliances, spare parts of different makes for different items, among many other goods worth billions of Ghana cedis, were destroyed by flood waters that gushed into their premises after the Odaw River burst its banks.
On the Graphic Road, for instance, companies such as Toyota Ghana, Rana Motors, Hyundai, Auto Parts, Regent University College and Pepsi Cola had their premises completely submerged under water and many vehicles in their showrooms destroyed.
On the stretch behind Toyota Ghana, scores of companies, including STC Transport, Starwin and Zenith Bank, were all seriously affected by what many have described as Accra’s worst disaster in recent years.
At the Kaneshie Market a