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Final Blog: Ghana 🇬🇭

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The two hazards that Ghana is prone to would be tsunamis/floods and extreme heat. Those two hazards are highly dangerous hazards for the country of Ghana. Yes, they are natural hazards that can not be necessarily prevented but there are resources to provide help beforehand and after. Identifying the hazard and providing education on the topic will be significantly helpful. Buildings and the way they are structured will create a safer spot if one's found to be during a tsunami. As every weather is unpredictable I would try my best to create a safe zone area for the people in Ghana. In the safe zone area, I'd make sure to have food, updates on the situation, shelter, and miscellaneous supplies. There is no way to help fully prevent the two natural hazards but ways to help before or during.  There is no way to help fully prevent floods but ways to help before or during. Such as turning off the power, gas, and water, locking indoors, staying away from windows, and having an evacu...
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Week 13: Coastal Hazards

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Ghana is affected by coastal erosion. Which is led by human activities that amplify the rise in water levels linked to global warming are largely responsible for this. There are villages in Ghana that are becoming islands.  Ghana’s economic success over the last decade has come at a price, particularly for the country’s coastline .  Unregulated human activities have greatly accelerated the problem of coastal erosion − a natural ongoing process by which coastlines adapt to varying sea levels, the energy levels of the tides and currents, sediment supply, and the existing topography over hundreds of years.  Sand mining for dams started the rot followed by the construction of deep sea ports. It is stated that 37% of the country's coastal land was lost to erosion and flooding between 2005 and 2017. With that being said  heavy waves and floods have eaten into the shoreline have caused the percentage to go up. 
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Week 10: Extreme Weather

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 The country of Ghana certainly has some extreme weather. Matter of fact it is in the high zone for extreme heat.  Climate and rainfall variations have also contributed to an ecological imbalance.   In the northern part of Ghana, there have been both floods and droughts which they're becoming more frequent occurrences alongside high temperatures and extreme heat. Some sources that can be provided to Ghana to help the heat are   increasing tree and vegetative cover , installing green roofs, using cool pavements, cooling centers for the community centers, be alerted of information coming across.  The average temperatures in Ghana rise beyond 86 and 104 degrees Fahrenheit  impacting people’s lives and ability to work.  Recently as in 2022, Ghana has been getting heavy rainfall  that goes on for 24 hours and extreme flooding causing certain parts of Ghana to get destroyed. Accra has been hit with a series of flooding in May and June of 2022. It is...
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Week 8 - Ghana's Mass Wasting

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 This week's blog is on mass wasting in Ghana.  Ghana's main cause of mass wasting is landslides.  This means that the area has rainfall patterns, terrain slope, geology, soil, land cover, and sometimes earthquakes that make localized landslides.  Some of the damages occur to farms, timber, and a road from landslides. There is a projection made to obtain the economic significance of landslides in Ghana . Climate change is likely to alter slope and bedrock stability through changes in precipitation and/or temperature.  Ghana dealt with a rockslide back in 2020 . According to earth scientists, the sloping mountain got steeper due to road construction and water into the rocks is what brought out the situation of mass wasting. Along with that mass wasting overall is still being studied more. 
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Week 5- Volcanos

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 Ghana is located in West Africa. As for volcanos directly coming from Ghana, there are not any. Not to say that there aren't any in Africa because there sure are volcanoes in Africa. 🌋  What Ghana does have are volcanic rocks in the southeastern part of Ghana .  To be more exact  The Buem volcanic rocks of Ghana  form part of the Dahomeyide Chain on the southeastern flank of the West African Craton . (It is stated by science direct  )  The principal sedimentary rocks associated with the Buem volcanic rocks in Ghana are shales and sandstones. The rocks do vary but are generally aphanitic, ophitic, and massive. It is known that Ghana has plenty of volcanic belts from north to south .
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Week 3- Earthquakes

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For this week's blog, I'll be discussing Ghana's earthquakes and what is done to prevent/prepare for hazards. There are real-time sites you can see to be alert if there were any earthquakes.   Ghana has had  damaging earthquake s as far back as 1636 as mentioned. Ghana is not in an earthquake zone but earthquakes do occur. Also, the southern part of the country is seismically active.  A study on the microseismic activity in southern Ghana shows that the seismic activity is linked with active faulting between the east-west trending Coastal boundary fault and a northeast-southwest trending Akwapim fault zone. It has been recorded that the worst earthquake that has occurred in Ghana was in 1939 in Accra which is located in the Greater Accra Region. This massive earthquake killed 17 people and caused lots of property damage. The last earthquake and more recent one was on  December 12, 2022,  which was a 4.0 in magnitude. It happened three times in the period of five...
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