Tuesday June 12, 10:17
PM
Waterspouts
spotted off east coast of Singapore
SINGAPORE: More waterspouts have been spotted in Singapore.
Callers to the MediaCorp News hotline reported seeing several off
the east coast.
There was no calm before the storm, as dark clouds over SAF Yacht
Club at Changi spun into tower-high water spouts.
And eyewitnesses say they saw more than one spinning off the waters
of Singapore.
"From where I stood, it was about 10 storeys high. There were three
of them. They were about a few metres away from each other. There
was one more that was forming. We could see water spinning at the
top but it wasn't fully formed yet at the bottom," says Ariff Wahid
from the SAF Yacht Club.
"There were a lot of waterspouts coming near to the club. But
actually it was very far. It started to disappear half an hour
later. It was spinning very fast towards one of the big ships
there," says Fadilah Hajis, a member of staff at the SAF Yacht
Club.
About 20 people including staff and guests at the club spotted the
phenomenon from as early as 10 in the morning.
Most said it lasted for about half an hour before heavy rain took
over.
The last time something similar was reported was at East Coast Park
in late May 2007.
The National Environment Agency confirmed Tuesday's sighting. -
CNA/yy
