Torrential rains this week have wreaked havoc in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region, devastating numerous farmlands in more than 20 communities in the area. The hardest hit are the farmlands in the lowlands, particularly those along the White Volta River. Although some houses were partly submerged, the resi­dents have not been displaced. Crops on farmlands in Zebilla submerged following recent torrential rains in Upper East Communities from Sapeliga to Gogo, Kobori, Yarugu, Timonde, Tanga, Tanga-Kpalsagu, Boya, and Boya-Kpal­saku have all been affected by the recent flood. Other communities, such as Kopela, Dagunga, Zon­go-Ire, and Zamballa-a community on the boundary with the Nabdam District-were not left out in the devastation.