This alert updates the previously published alerts below:

CAP Alert · Actual

WARNING: Rainstorm within southern Ghana

Expired: Thunderstorms/Squall lines
Severe severity
Urgency Expected
Severity Severe
Certainty Likely
Category Met
Language en
Time period
  • Issued 10 Feb 2026 21:22
  • Effective 10 Feb 2026 20:15
  • Onset 10 Feb 2026 20:15
  • Expires 10 Feb 2026 23:59
Severity
Extreme
Severe
Moderate
Minor

WARNING: Rainstorm within southern Ghana

Area

Southern Ghana

Event description

The rainstorm previously reported has now entered the country, expanded significantly, and is currently producing rain of varying intensity across the Volta, Greater Accra, Eastern, Western North, and Ashanti regions, with parts of the Central and Western regions already experiencing its effects. The storm is expected to continue expanding, bringing moderate to heavy rainfall accompanied by gusty winds to more areas tonight, particularly Kasoa, Cape Coast, Takoradi, Axim, Tarkwa, and surrounding communities, with a significant risk of flash flooding across the affected regions.

Instructions

Residents within the affected and surrounding areas are strongly urged to seek safe shelter immediately, avoid driving or walking through waterlogged roads and flood-prone zones, stay away from tall trees, power lines, and metal structures during the storm, and secure loose outdoor items that may be carried by gusty winds. Residents are encouraged to remain alert for further updates from the Ghana Meteorological Agency.