At least 36,000 displaced in Ghana dam spillage

ACCRA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- At least 36,000 people have been displaced and 150 rural communities submerged in devastating floods in southern Ghana following the spillage of the Volta Dam, a Ghanaian official has said.

Seji Saji Amedonu, the deputy director-general of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), told Xinhua on Thursday that the affected communities are in eight districts across the Greater Accra, Volta and Eastern Regions.