The World Bank has empathised with the victims of the recent flood disaster in area along the Volta River following the spillage of excess water from the Akosombo and Kpong dams.

About 30,000 residents were displaced and theirnfarms decimated by the flood waters.

At the 3rd Conference on Fisheries and Coastal Environment in Accra, the Operations Manager of the World Bank in Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, Ms Michelle Keane, said: "We can’t speak about flooding today without conveying the World Bank’s sincere empathy and concern for the ten thousand of people who have been impacted by the recent floods along the Volta River".

"The World Bank would want to express its readiness to support the government in its response to this crisis", she said.

She added: "In the longer term, developing a sustainability and risk management strategy for the Volta River and Volta Delta among other areas will be crucial to determine where it is safe for people to live and how their livelihoods can be sustained and grow along the Volta River supported by a healthy ecosystem".

"We hope that the government and its partners will take full advantage of the $150 million approved by the World Bank for Ghana under the West Africa Coastal Areas Management Programme (WACA)", she noted. 

She said the financing is expected to become available "very soon after parliamentary approval".