Heavy rain results in traffic jams and floods
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Heavy rain results in traffic jams and floods
By Wong Mun Wai, Channel NewsAsia
Posted: 19 December 2006 1829 hrs
SINGAPORE: Heavy rain has caused chaos across many places in Singapore.
A part of Singapore was swamped by more than the average monthly rainfall for the whole island in less than a day. 313 millilitres drenched a northern part of the country in 16 hours. The average monthly rainfall is 284 millilitres.
Workers were late due to traffic jams and floods.
The ordeal began on Monday night when the skies opened and the taxi queues started to form.
Singapore's largest taxi company, Comfort DelGro, said its number of telephone bookings had gone up by 20 percent in the past two days.
The rain continued to come down hard in many parts of Singapore early Tuesday morning.
While some commuters were delayed getting to work, the rain caused more disruptions than merely turning up at offices late.
At a nursery in central Singapore, saving stock became a priority as the flood caught many by surprise.
And it wasn't just trees which felt the impact – over in southern part of the island, part of an empty old shophouse collapsed with debris spilling onto the street.
The shophouse is located along Tong Watt Road near River Valley.
Police have cordoned the area and engineers from the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) were despatched to the scene. Preliminary assessment shows that the brick wall had partially collapsed because the shophouse foundation had weakened from flooding. BCA has served a closure order for the building. The owner of the shophouse has also been directed to remove the collapsed wall as well as the remaining section of the wall, which is still standing. The engineers say the buildings in the immediate vicinity of the incident are not affected.
As at 5pm on Tuesday, although the flood is subsiding, traffic junctions at Joan Road/Olive Road, Admiralty Road West/Woodlands Ave 10 and Upper Thomson Road/Mandai Road are impassable to traffic.
Motorists are advised to avoid these areas.
Moderate to heavy rain is expected over many areas in Singapore from 7pm to midnight. PUB says flash floods may occur in low-lying areas due to heavy rain. The Met Service advises the public to exercise caution and to be alert for flash floods.
PUB and the traffic police will continue to update the public about the situation. The National Environment Agency says it is not uncommon for Singapore to experience heavy monsoon rain from November until January.
The Agency expects the rain and wind to last for the next few days. - CNA/so
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go kayaying under the flood water. -
wow.. didnt know its tat bad...
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hannor hanor. kns. must leave the bus then walk for another stop den reach my house. the bus cannot drive me!
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i love rain.. hope singapore will have massive flood den i roll dragonboat go school
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wa heng i nv go out.
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woot~ all those exp sports car sure kena liao
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Must be El nino and La nina effect
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1 person row dragonboat sia. you row left, then move over to the right, row right, move over to the left, row left, repeat. muscle man!!Originally posted by manyu882:i love rain.. hope singapore will have massive flood den i roll dragonboat go school
everyone please proceed to the nearest timberland store to buy waterproof raincoats and gore-tex boots. -
hmmm.. damn bad.. wonder how to go home now..
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i pitied the heroes who go jogging at macritchie this afternoon and return to find their cars half- submerged
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this period stay at home best
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lucky my dad drives a mercedez G wagon while my brother drives a range rover, should be no problem if it floods a little bit in singapore
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i fly helicopter..Originally posted by MyPillowTalks:lucky my dad drives a mercedez G wagon while my brother drives a range rover, should be no problem if it floods a little bit in singapore 
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how to stay home, got to workOriginally posted by SGpork:this period stay at home best
but at home sleep, shiok! -
may lightning strike you.Originally posted by mr_sotong:i fly helicopter.. -
scarley the drive until dunno where is the reservoir and fall into itOriginally posted by MyPillowTalks:lucky my dad drives a mercedez G wagon while my brother drives a range rover, should be no problem if it floods a little bit in singapore -
World's coming to an end.........
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Originally posted by kenn3th:scarley the drive until dunno where is the reservoir and fall into it
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last time " if u drink, dont drive"
now " if it floods, don't drive" -
what is the cause?
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well.. i was stuck there in the morning while on my way to woodlands checkpoint to workOriginally posted by nightzip:As at 5pm on Tuesday, although the flood is subsiding, traffic junctions at Joan Road/Olive Road, Admiralty Road West/Woodlands Ave 10 and Upper Thomson Road/Mandai Road are impassable to traffic.
Motorists are advised to avoid these areas.
(sorry about the bad photos as i was on a moving bus)
first there's a fallen tree on the opposite direction my bus is travelling
then the traffic from that direction start doing U-turns into my path
furthur down the road the flood starts building up
ice milo anyone?
Dark dark sky near the northern border of Singapore
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Funny thing that even though many roads are flooded and trees are falling all over the place, so many people still insist on taking taxis.
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Rain a bit Singapore floods.
Year 2007 is El Nino year, it will be worse.
Singapore should build a canal to prevent floods.
I hope 2007 will not see more flooding.
Meat Pao.
URB Planner. -
SINGAPORE BEING FLOODED!!!!!!!!!!