Heavy rain causes floods and massive jams
SINGAPORE: Heavy downpour early Friday created havoc with the
morning rush hour traffic, causing massive jams and several accidents
on the roads.
MediaCorp’s hotline received many calls of water ponding and floods
along Desker Road, roads around Jalan Besar, outside SingTel building
near Somerset MRT station and along Orchard Road in front of the
Marriot Hotel.
A check with the National Environment Agency (NEA) found that the early
morning downpour was due to Southwest Monsoon conditions.
The NEA said that widespread showers with thunder and gusty winds are
likely for one or two days in the pre-dawn hours and early morning.
The Agency’s forecast for the next two days also calls for morning showers with thunder.
- 938 Live/CNA/yb