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Flash floods at Tanjong Pagar; high flood risks at Bishan, Yio Chu Kang, Tiong Bahru, Marine Parade, West Coast
Flash floods at Tanjong Pagar; high flood risks at Bishan, Yio Chu Kang, Tiong Bahru, Marine Parade, West Coast
Parts of Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park are flooded as Kallang River, which runs through it, burst its banks on Monday (Jan 23). Photo: Ernest Chua/TODAY
Moderate to heavy showers, at times with thunder, expected to persist for the rest of Monday: NEA
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PUBLISHED: 10:32 AM, JANUARY 23, 2017UPDATED: 1:50 PM, JANUARY 23, 2017
SINGAPORE – Two flash floods occurred in the Tanjong Pagar area on Monday (Jan 23) morning, while various parts of Singapore from Tiong Bahru to Marine Parade faced high flood risk as a result of overnight rain since Sunday, said the PUB.
Moderate to heavy showers, at times with thunder, are expected to persist for the rest of Monday, said the National Environment Agency.
The flash floods were reported at the junction of Craig Road and Tanjong Pagar Road, as well as at Maxwell Road (South Bridge Road). The PUB tweeted at 9.47am and 10am respectively that the floods had since subsided, and traffic is passable on both roads.
Around the same time, the PUB also warned that the water level at a canal on Prince Philip Avenue near Redhill MRT – Alexandra Canal Sub Drain B – is at 100 per cent, while the water levels had risen above 90 per cent at Tiong Bahru Road/Boon Tiong Road and Jalan Seaview.
At 11.30am, the PUB added Sungei Tongkang at Yio Chu Kang Road and Sungei Kallang (Bishan Road) as new areas facing high flood risk. Photos taken by TODAY at Bishan Park show parts of the park flooded as Kallang River, which runs through it, burst its banks.
The water level at Tanjong Penjuru in the West Coast area was above 90 per cent, but had fallen below 90 per cent at 9.44am, said the PUB, still labelling it as a street with high flood risk.
The Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) had warned last Monday that the next two weeks of January is expected to be wetter than the first fortnight of the year, even though the overall rainfall for January is forecast to be slightly below normal.
A flooded street seen at the Supreme Court Lane on Monday morning due to a heavy downpour. Photos: Ernest Chua
People using the umbrella to shelter from the heavy downpour on Monday morning. Photo: Ernest Chua