HEAVY rains lashed Singapore early on Saturday morning,
uprooting trees and causing flash floods in many area.
The affected areas included Braddell Road, Changi Road and Bukit
Timah, where rising floodwaters stranded several drivers in their
vehicles.
At the Tessarina Condo in Bukit Timah area, waters rose to
knee-high, flooding the basement carpark. Some cars were almost
submerged in water, prompting frantic residents to move them out to
drier grounds.
Straitstimes.com reader Jerry Chan said the flooding was
‘chaotic’ and it was the third time in seven months, not ‘once in
50 years as suggested’.
Singapore Civil Defence Force personnel also evacuated 60 people
in 20 different places, including passengers who were stuck in an
SBS bus along Upper Thomson Road.
There were also reports of a fallen tree along Dorset Road,
which was causing traffic congestion.
Along Upper Thomson Road, shops were reported to be badly
damaged, with huge fridges overturned and smashed.
There were also reports of a flooded carpark at the Delfi
Orchard, which was hit by the worst flooding in 26 years in June
just less than a month ago.
Parts of Kallang and Tanjong Katong were also flooded.
Ms Grace Loh, a resident of Tanjong Katong, sent pictures of her
flooded home, which she called a ’shocking sight’.
Said Ms Loh: ‘The flood today seems worse than what I
experienced as a child in the 1980s!’
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Pictures from The Online Citizen:
Eunos Crescent hawker center, 17 July 2010, Saturday morning,
7.45am:
