Drone footage has been shared on social media showing the galamsey-prone town of Samreboi and its surrounding communities submerged in flood waters following a heavy downpour.
The video showed the entire Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region submerged in muddy floodwaters.
Reports suggest over 180 houses in Aboi, Cocoase and Palazzo have been flooded, with thousands of residents fleeing their homes.
The video shared by EDHUB on X read, “Floodwaters have inundated the galamsey-prone town of Samreboi in the Wassa Amenfi West Municipality following a heavy downpour.
Drone footage shows the extent of the flooding across parts of the community”.
Some netizens on X reacting to the Samreboi flooding stated, “Nobody should save them.
Let them battle with it till they learn hard lessons.
The flood waters can swallow and wipe the entire community out”.
An X user added, “You can’t tell me it’s not galamsey. The last time I was there, I couldn’t recognise the Tano River because it had now turned into muddy water. Right now that the river is full of mud, where do you want the water to flow? It’ll obviously overflow its banks”.
One netizen suggested, “Them for jail everybody in that town; if police and Nadmo had shown up to stop galamsey, they would have been against it and started booing gov officials”.
“When they are told to stop galamsey, they think we’re jealous of the money they’re making.
The traditional rulers, opinion leaders and citizens will rethink their decisions”, a netizen noted.
One last X user added, “Nature doesn’t forgive and will always retaliate. The leaders of the country supervising the destruction of the environment will give words, give a few items, and ignore the basic problem and turn a blind eye to the continued destruction of the environment. Sick Country”.
Meanwhile, Francis Asenso-Boakye, the former Minister for Works and Housing and Bantama Member of Parliament, has claimed that the former Akufo-Addo administration invested GH₵450m in flood control programmes.
The former Minister for Works and Housing revealed that a significant portion of the GH₵450 million was invested in improving drainage infrastructure and managing flooding across the country.
He further called on the Mahama government to sustain such interventions to reduce the impact of flooding, particularly in the capital.
Speaking at a Capacity Building Workshop for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in Accra, Francis Asenso-Boakye stated, “In the eight years of the Akufo-Addo Administration, the government committed GH₵450 million towards flood control programmes”.
“I am urging this government to continue on that path because it is necessary. But a critical part has to do with regulatory measures and strictly adhering to settlement planning schemes”.
Also, Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr, the Chairperson of Parliament’s Local Government and Rural Development Committee, revealed that Parliament’s commitment to supporting efforts aimed at addressing Ghana’s perennial flooding.
Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr stated, “The committee is particularly interested in understanding how assemblies within the region are responding to these challenges and how parliament can support the development of policy interventions for flooded areas”.
Watch the video below:
Floodwaters have inundated the galamsey-prone town of Samreboi in the Wassa Amenfi West Municipality following a heavy downpour.
— EDHUB🌍ℹ (@eddie_wrt) June 19, 2026
Drone footage shows the extent of the flooding across parts of the community. pic.twitter.com/umKAru8tUP
