Water is seen rising on Balmoral Road on April 20. -- PHOTO: ST READER
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Heavy showers on the afternoon of April 20 led to flash floods in several parts of Bukit Timah.
The affected areas were Bukit Timah Road, between Clementi Road and Blackmore Drive; Kings Road, between Prince Road and Lutheran Road; the junction between Stevens Road and Balmoral Road; and Coronation Walk.
National water agency PUB said its officers were deployed to these areas to render assistance.
By 6.20pm, PUB updates showed that the waters had subsided in all the affected areas.
Earlier, PUB warned that moderate to heavy thundery showers with gusty winds were expected over the northern, southern and central areas of Singapore for an hour from 4.25pm.
It also issued flash flood risk alerts for over a dozen locations, including Paya Lebar, Orchard Road, Thomson Road, Toa Payoh, Hillcrest Road, Sunset Drive, Boon Lay, and Alexandra Road.
The Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) on April 16 said that in the second half of the month, short thundery showers were expected over parts of the island in the afternoon on most days, with some extending into the evening.
Daily maximum temperatures are forecast to range between 33 deg C and 34 deg C on most days, with highs of around 35 deg C on some days.
Heavy downpours have persisted since the start of April, with the heaviest recorded on April 13, when 117mm of rainfall was measured around the Yishun Ring Road area.
According to MSS, this was the highest daily rainfall recorded for the first half of the month. - The Straits Times/ANN
