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