The Management of Mole National Park and residents of Larabanga township in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region are still counting their losses following a heavy rainstorm that hit the two communities last night.

The disaster affected the main electricity transformer that regulated the two communities and five high-tension poles leaving residents in darkness.

Roofs of houses and other structures close to the high-tension poles were also affected.

Cold store operators in Larabanga say the break in electricity supply to keep their items safe is a big worry to them.

"I bought game (bush meat) three days ago and stored it in their fridge and the lights went off.

“When it is like this we open the fridge for some time for the power to come back but last night up until now, no electricity and the meat will spoil,” Sahadatu Mahama lamented.

An employee of the Mole National Park kitchen department told JoyNews that many of their perishable items are spoiled.

She said, "We quickly put on our standby generator but for how many hours; many of our items like fruits, meat and food have come bad."

JoyNews sources in Larabanga said the rains first started around 4 pm on Wednesday without a storm and later stopped.

It, however, resumed around 6 pm with heavy storm till 10 pm the same night leading to the pulling down of the Larabanga Mole National Park main transformer and the five high tension pulls.

An opinion leader in Larabanga, Ahmed Abdulai spoke to JoyNews about the situation in the town.

"As of 3 pm yesterday, everything was fine here in Larabanga. But then, we saw the clouds gathering and in no time, rain followed. We ran in and returned shortly.

"So around 6 pm evening, it started again with a very heavy wind. We were afraid because it was just shaking everywhere and in less than 30 minutes, our power went off and it’s yet to be restored," Mr. Ahmed Abdulai stated.

JoyNews visited the Larabanga township and saw officials from the Volta River Authority (VRA) in town working to normalise the situation in the two communities (Larabanga and Mole National Park).