Flooding Expected as Bagre and Kompienga Dams Set to Be Spilt on August 27
- Burkina Faso's Bagre Dam and Kompienga Dam are scheduled to be spilt on Wednesday, August 27, 2025
- The spilt water is expected to hit the White Volta and the Black Volta within two days of the spillage
- The spillage of the Bagre Dam and Kompienga Dam happens annually to prevent potential damage to the infrastructure of the dams
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The Bagre Dam and Kompienga Dam in Burkina Faso are set to be spilt on August 27, 2025.
Operators of the dams have informed the Upper East Regional National Disaster Management Organisation.
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The spillage will run downstream through the White Volta and the Black Volta in Ghana.
3News reported that the water level at Bagre Dam is currently at 233.99 with a filling rate of 86.38% while the Kompienga dam is at 177.66 meters.
The spilt water is expected to hit the White Volta and the Black Volta within 48 hours after spillage.
Farmlands and properties along the banks of the rivers are expected to be affected by floods.
The spillage of the dams happens annually to prevent potential damage to the infrastructure of the dam.
It leaves communities along the White Volta and Black Volta vulnerable to flooding.
Rebecca Assibi Akolgo, the Upper East Regional National Disaster Management Organisation director, told YEN.com.gh that sensitisation on the spillage had already taken place.
"This is an annual event, and we have taken preventive measures to educate residents and farmers along the White Volta."
Source: YEN.com.gh
