Schools shuttered in Agorkedzi, hundreds of people uprooted by tidal waves

 Following a rainfall, tidal surges have forced hundreds of people of Agorkedzi in the Anloga District of the Volta Region to leave their homes.

The local assemblyman, Raphael Agbanavor, said that tidal surges had wrecked the livelihoods of people in Agorkedzi and the other places, and that immediate action is required to provide some solace to the afflicted.

He said that on Sunday afternoon, the tidal waters broke, destroying several structures and people's possessions.

 Those who were transferred from Fuveme township, which experienced sea waves the previous year, were among the casualties.

"The area's sole elementary school, which had been moved from Fuveme to Agorkedzi, was under water. Since instruction and learning cannot go on in such a poor environment, we were forced to close the school, he added.

 

“This is the third time this is happening here and the immediate action to take now to safe lives is to relocate these people to a safer place,” he said.

“It is not appropriate to keep pupils in the school too because we do not know what would happen next.”