The Meteorological Service Singapore said on Dec 1 that thunder and rain can be expected in the afternoon for first fortnight of December. - ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Flash floods occurred in Kembangan and Upper East Coast Road on the afternoon of Dec 12 amid heavy rain across Singapore.
National water agency PUB, in earlier updates on social media, had also warned of the risk of flash floods occurring in five other locations.
PUB said at 4.25pm that there was a flash flood in Sims Avenue East in Kembangan, from Lorong Sarina to Lorong Mydin.
About 10 minutes earlier, at 4.16pm, it had said that Upper East Coast Road, near Parbury Avenue, was hit by a flash flood. It urged the public to avoid both areas.
However, both flash floods had subsided as at 5pm, PUB said in a later update.
The agency first alerted the public to the risk of a flash flood in Upper East Coast Road at about 2.45pm.
Around 4pm, PUB advised the public to avoid a service road off Upper Paya Lebar Road, near Lim Teck Boo Road in Hougang, for the next hour.
At about 3.45pm, it also advised the public to avoid Lorong Gambir in Upper Serangoon for an hour.
Earlier, at 3.16pm and 3.25pm, PUB had said the public should avoid Riverside Road in Woodlands and East Coast Road for an hour.
The National Environment Agency at 2.50pm warned of heavy rain expected over many areas of Singapore from 3pm to 4pm. In an update at 3.40pm, it extended the warning to 4.45pm.
The Meteorological Service Singapore had said on Dec 1 that thunder and rain can be expected in the afternoon for the first fortnight of December, with moderate to heavy rain possibly extending into the evenings on a few days. - The Straits Times/ANN
