Disaster Log

Name: Ghana Disaster Log
Creator: Compiled by API Ghana from the sources cited for each figure

Ghana's disasters from 1939 to 2026 — floods, dam spillages, fires, explosions, building and mine collapses, crowd crushes, major road, boat and air accidents, epidemics, droughts, tidal surges, earthquakes and nationwide blackouts — with deaths, injuries, missing, displaced, affected and houses destroyed where a source states them. Every figure is cited: disaster_log_citations gives the page, publisher and date behind each number, official sources are preferred to the press, and where sources disagree the notes give the other figures. A figure no source states is NULL, never zero or an estimate; "more than N" is stored as N and noted. regions lists the present-day regions (the 16 created in 2019) covering the affected area, whatever the regions were called at the time. Events in the GLIDE register that could not be verified are included with no figures and verification set accordingly. Compiled by API Ghana from the cited sources, GLIDE (CC BY-IGO) and ReliefWeb (CC BY). 111 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 26, 2026 · covers 1939 to 2026listing updated Sep 26, 2026GH₵19.00111 recordsPublic Safety

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
event_id	VARCHAR(120) NOT NULL
title	TEXT NOT NULL
hazard	VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL
start_date	DATE
date_precision	VARCHAR(10)
date_as_known	VARCHAR(10)
end_date_as_known	VARCHAR(10)
year	INTEGER NOT NULL
regions	TEXT
place	TEXT
deaths	INTEGER
injured	INTEGER
missing	INTEGER
displaced	INTEGER
affected	INTEGER
houses_destroyed	INTEGER
verification	VARCHAR(60) NOT NULL
glide_number	VARCHAR(40)
wikidata_id	VARCHAR(20)
reliefweb_url	TEXT
main_source_url	TEXT
citation_count	INTEGER
notes	TEXT
source	TEXT

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First 5 rows of Disaster Log
event idVARCHAR(120) NOT NULL	titleTEXT NOT NULL	hazardVARCHAR(40) NOT NULL	start dateDATE	date precisionVARCHAR(10)	date as knownVARCHAR(10)	end date as knownVARCHAR(10)	yearINTEGER NOT NULL	regionsTEXT	placeTEXT	deathsINTEGER	injuredINTEGER	missingINTEGER	displacedINTEGER	affectedINTEGER	houses destroyedINTEGER	verificationVARCHAR(60) NOT NULL	glide numberVARCHAR(40)	wikidata idVARCHAR(20)	reliefweb urlTEXT	main source urlTEXT	citation countINTEGER	notesTEXT	sourceTEXT
1939-06-22-accra-earthquake	Accra earthquake	earthquake	1939-06-22	day	1939-06-22	—	1939	Greater Accra, Central	Accra and surrounding coast (Gold Coast colony)	17	135	—	—	—	—	figures cited	—	—	—	https://www.nature.com/articles/147751a0	3	Outside the 1990-2026 window; included on request. Injured is "upwards of 135" (Nature, 1941); other sources give 133 injured. Magnitude commonly cited as about 6.4-6.5; epicentre offshore/near the Central Region coast.	Compiled by API Ghana from the sources cited for each figure (see disaster_log_citations)
1995-07-accra-floods	Accra floods	flood	1995-07-01	month	1995-07	—	1995	Greater Accra	Accra (Odawna, Nima, Alajo, Kaneshie, Adabraka and other low-lying areas)	—	—	—	—	—	—	event cited, no figures	—	—	—	https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/flood-disaster-profile-of-ghana.html	1	Graphic timeline dates the flooding to the night of 4-5 July 1995. Contemporary casualty figures could not be verified from an openable source, so figures are left null.	Compiled by API Ghana from the sources cited for each figure (see disaster_log_citations)
1996-meningitis-epidemic-1996-1997	Meningitis epidemic, 1996-1997	epidemic	1996-01-01	year	1996	1997	1996	Ahafo, Ashanti, Bono, Bono East, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, North East, Northern, Oti, Savannah, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western, Western North	Nationwide	1200	—	—	—	17000	—	figures cited	—	—	—	https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7837349/	2	affected = cumulative suspected/confirmed cases. Source says 'more than 17,000' cases; all regions (old 10-region map) reported confirmed cases. Worst Ghanaian meningitis epidemic in the period; historically concentrated in the northern meningitis belt.	Compiled by API Ghana from the sources cited for each figure (see disaster_log_citations)
1998-national-power-crisis-and-load-shedding	National power crisis and load shedding, 1998-2000	power_blackout	1998-01-01	year	1998	2000	1998	Ahafo, Ashanti, Bono, Bono East, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, North East, Northern, Oti, Savannah, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western, Western North	Nationwide	—	—	—	—	—	—	event cited, no figures	—	—	—	https://www.myjoyonline.com/chronology-of-power-crisis-and-lessons-for-ending-the-current-crisis/	3	Drought (El Nino) cut Akosombo output; rotating nationwide load shedding and VALCO smelter shutdown. No customer figures published. Source is an opinion/chronology piece.	Compiled by API Ghana from the sources cited for each figure (see disaster_log_citations)
1999-09-northern-ghana-floods	Northern Ghana floods	flood	1999-09-01	month	1999-09	1999-10	1999	Upper West, Upper East, Northern, North East, Savannah, Bono East, Oti	Upper West, Upper East and Northern regions plus northern Brong Ahafo and northern Volta	50	—	—	290000	300000	31000	figures cited	FL-1999-000315-GHA	—	https://reliefweb.int/taxonomy/term/6506	https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/ghana/ghana-floods-ocha-situation-report-no-2	4	Figures are OCHA estimates as of end of October 1999 ("over 50" deaths). The GLIDE record (from OCHA Situation Report No. 1) cites at least 70 killed. Affected figure from Daily Graphic timeline. Region list maps old Northern/Brong Ahafo/Volta areas to current regions.	Compiled by API Ghana from the sources cited for each figure (see disaster_log_citations)

event idVARCHAR(120) NOT NULL	titleTEXT NOT NULL	hazardVARCHAR(40) NOT NULL	start dateDATE	date precisionVARCHAR(10)	date as knownVARCHAR(10)	end date as knownVARCHAR(10)	yearINTEGER NOT NULL	regionsTEXT	placeTEXT	deathsINTEGER	injuredINTEGER	missingINTEGER	displacedINTEGER	affectedINTEGER	houses destroyedINTEGER	verificationVARCHAR(60) NOT NULL	glide numberVARCHAR(40)	wikidata idVARCHAR(20)	reliefweb urlTEXT	main source urlTEXT	citation countINTEGER	notesTEXT	sourceTEXT
10	example-title-1	example-hazard-1	2000-01-01	example-date_precision-1	example-date_as_known-1	example-end_date_as_known-1	10	example-regions-1	example-place-1	10	10	10	10	10	10	example-verification-1	example-glide_number-1	10	example-reliefweb_url-1	example-main_source_url-1	10	example-notes-1	example-source-1
20	example-title-2	example-hazard-2	2000-01-01	example-date_precision-2	example-date_as_known-2	example-end_date_as_known-2	20	example-regions-2	example-place-2	20	20	20	20	20	20	example-verification-2	example-glide_number-2	20	example-reliefweb_url-2	example-main_source_url-2	20	example-notes-2	example-source-2
30	example-title-3	example-hazard-3	2000-01-01	example-date_precision-3	example-date_as_known-3	example-end_date_as_known-3	30	example-regions-3	example-place-3	30	30	30	30	30	30	example-verification-3	example-glide_number-3	30	example-reliefweb_url-3	example-main_source_url-3	30	example-notes-3	example-source-3
40	example-title-4	example-hazard-4	2000-01-01	example-date_precision-4	example-date_as_known-4	example-end_date_as_known-4	40	example-regions-4	example-place-4	40	40	40	40	40	40	example-verification-4	example-glide_number-4	40	example-reliefweb_url-4	example-main_source_url-4	40	example-notes-4	example-source-4
50	example-title-5	example-hazard-5	2000-01-01	example-date_precision-5	example-date_as_known-5	example-end_date_as_known-5	50	example-regions-5	example-place-5	50	50	50	50	50	50	example-verification-5	example-glide_number-5	50	example-reliefweb_url-5	example-main_source_url-5	50	example-notes-5	example-source-5
60	example-title-6	example-hazard-6	2000-01-01	example-date_precision-6	example-date_as_known-6	example-end_date_as_known-6	60	example-regions-6	example-place-6	60	60	60	60	60	60	example-verification-6	example-glide_number-6	60	example-reliefweb_url-6	example-main_source_url-6	60	example-notes-6	example-source-6
70	example-title-7	example-hazard-7	2000-01-01	example-date_precision-7	example-date_as_known-7	example-end_date_as_known-7	70	example-regions-7	example-place-7	70	70	70	70	70	70	example-verification-7	example-glide_number-7	70	example-reliefweb_url-7	example-main_source_url-7	70	example-notes-7	example-source-7
80	example-title-8	example-hazard-8	2000-01-01	example-date_precision-8	example-date_as_known-8	example-end_date_as_known-8	80	example-regions-8	example-place-8	80	80	80	80	80	80	example-verification-8	example-glide_number-8	80	example-reliefweb_url-8	example-main_source_url-8	80	example-notes-8	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/disaster_log

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 26, 2026from the source
Covers: 1939 to 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026had warnings
Source: Compiled by API Ghana from the sources cited for each figure

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (the sources cited for each figure). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 1939 to 2026; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 26, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Disaster log (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from the sources cited for each figure]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/disaster-log

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/disaster_log?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/disaster_log?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/disaster_log",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Disaster Log

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
event_id	VARCHAR(120) NOT NULL
title	TEXT NOT NULL
hazard	VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL
start_date	DATE
date_precision	VARCHAR(10)
date_as_known	VARCHAR(10)
end_date_as_known	VARCHAR(10)
year	INTEGER NOT NULL
regions	TEXT
place	TEXT
deaths	INTEGER
injured	INTEGER
missing	INTEGER
displaced	INTEGER
affected	INTEGER
houses_destroyed	INTEGER
verification	VARCHAR(60) NOT NULL
glide_number	VARCHAR(40)
wikidata_id	VARCHAR(20)
reliefweb_url	TEXT
main_source_url	TEXT
citation_count	INTEGER
notes	TEXT
source	TEXT

event idVARCHAR(120) NOT NULL

titleTEXT NOT NULL

hazardVARCHAR(40) NOT NULL

start dateDATE

date precisionVARCHAR(10)

date as knownVARCHAR(10)

end date as knownVARCHAR(10)

yearINTEGER NOT NULL

regionsTEXT

placeTEXT

deathsINTEGER

injuredINTEGER

missingINTEGER

displacedINTEGER

affectedINTEGER

houses destroyedINTEGER

verificationVARCHAR(60) NOT NULL

glide numberVARCHAR(40)

wikidata idVARCHAR(20)

reliefweb urlTEXT

main source urlTEXT

citation countINTEGER

notesTEXT

sourceTEXT

1939-06-22-accra-earthquake

Accra earthquake

earthquake

1939-06-22

day

1939-06-22

—

1939

Greater Accra, Central

Accra and surrounding coast (Gold Coast colony)

135

—

figures cited

—

https://www.nature.com/articles/147751a0

Outside the 1990-2026 window; included on request. Injured is "upwards of 135" (Nature, 1941); other sources give 133 injured. Magnitude commonly cited as about 6.4-6.5; epicentre offshore/near the Central Region coast.

Compiled by API Ghana from the sources cited for each figure (see disaster_log_citations)

1995-07-accra-floods

Accra floods

flood

1995-07-01

month

1995-07

—

1995

Greater Accra

Accra (Odawna, Nima, Alajo, Kaneshie, Adabraka and other low-lying areas)

—

event cited, no figures

—

https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/flood-disaster-profile-of-ghana.html

Graphic timeline dates the flooding to the night of 4-5 July 1995. Contemporary casualty figures could not be verified from an openable source, so figures are left null.

Compiled by API Ghana from the sources cited for each figure (see disaster_log_citations)

1996-meningitis-epidemic-1996-1997

Meningitis epidemic, 1996-1997

epidemic

1996-01-01

year

1996

1997

1996

Ahafo, Ashanti, Bono, Bono East, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, North East, Northern, Oti, Savannah, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western, Western North

Nationwide

1200

—

17000

—

figures cited

—

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7837349/

affected = cumulative suspected/confirmed cases. Source says 'more than 17,000' cases; all regions (old 10-region map) reported confirmed cases. Worst Ghanaian meningitis epidemic in the period; historically concentrated in the northern meningitis belt.

Compiled by API Ghana from the sources cited for each figure (see disaster_log_citations)

1998-national-power-crisis-and-load-shedding

National power crisis and load shedding, 1998-2000

power_blackout

1998-01-01

year

1998

2000

1998

Ahafo, Ashanti, Bono, Bono East, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, North East, Northern, Oti, Savannah, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western, Western North

Nationwide

—

event cited, no figures

—

https://www.myjoyonline.com/chronology-of-power-crisis-and-lessons-for-ending-the-current-crisis/

Drought (El Nino) cut Akosombo output; rotating nationwide load shedding and VALCO smelter shutdown. No customer figures published. Source is an opinion/chronology piece.

Compiled by API Ghana from the sources cited for each figure (see disaster_log_citations)

1999-09-northern-ghana-floods

Northern Ghana floods

flood

1999-09-01

month

1999-09

1999-10

1999

Upper West, Upper East, Northern, North East, Savannah, Bono East, Oti

Upper West, Upper East and Northern regions plus northern Brong Ahafo and northern Volta

—

290000

300000

31000

figures cited

FL-1999-000315-GHA

—

https://reliefweb.int/taxonomy/term/6506

https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/ghana/ghana-floods-ocha-situation-report-no-2

Figures are OCHA estimates as of end of October 1999 ("over 50" deaths). The GLIDE record (from OCHA Situation Report No. 1) cites at least 70 killed. Affected figure from Daily Graphic timeline. Region list maps old Northern/Brong Ahafo/Volta areas to current regions.

Compiled by API Ghana from the sources cited for each figure (see disaster_log_citations)

event idVARCHAR(120) NOT NULL

titleTEXT NOT NULL

hazardVARCHAR(40) NOT NULL

start dateDATE

date precisionVARCHAR(10)

date as knownVARCHAR(10)

end date as knownVARCHAR(10)

yearINTEGER NOT NULL

regionsTEXT

placeTEXT

deathsINTEGER

injuredINTEGER

missingINTEGER

displacedINTEGER

affectedINTEGER

houses destroyedINTEGER

verificationVARCHAR(60) NOT NULL

glide numberVARCHAR(40)

wikidata idVARCHAR(20)

reliefweb urlTEXT

main source urlTEXT

citation countINTEGER

notesTEXT

sourceTEXT

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How to cite

API Ghana. (2026). Disaster log (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from the sources cited for each figure]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/disaster-log

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/disaster_log?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/disaster_log?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/disaster_log",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]