A team of Engineers from the US Army arrived in the country to carryout on the spot assessment of the perennial flooding in the country.

The visit of the team, led by Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma State, followed a request President John Agyekum Kufuor made during his recent tour of the US.

Mr Hackman Owusu Agyeman, Minister of Foreign Affair, Mr Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, Minister of Presidential Affairs, Mr Kwamina Bartels Minister of Works and Housing and Ms Kathryn Dee Robinson, US Ambassador.