Floods return to Bukit Timah

makapaaa · Nov 19, 2009

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Flash floods in Bt Timah

Flash floods in Dunearn. -- PHOTO: STOMP

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HEAVY downpours caused flash floods in the Bukit Timah areas, with waters reaching knee-high in some places.
Traffic snarled along Bukit Timah and Dunearn Roads as cars slowed to a crawl to get through the flood waters.
Motorists said the Bukit Timah canal was overflowing, causing waters to rise to knee-high level in some areas.
Students who had sat for their A Level exams were stuck at bus-stops and in schools.
According to Stomper Martin, the flooding caused a major traffic jam on Bukit Timah and Dunearn Road sometime between 1 pm and 2.30pm.
He said he was stuck in his office at Sime Darby Centre during the heavy downpour and was late for a meeting because of it.
Singapore's weatherman has forecast that the wet spell will continue till January and flash floods are expected in low-lying and flood-prone areas including Chinatown, the Central Business District, Geylang, Lorong Buangkok and Tanjong Katong.
PUB, the national water agency, has said that heavy rain brought on by the north-east monsoon could coincide with 3m- to 3.2m-high tides, triggering flash floods over the next few months.
To quell the effects of the stormy spell, PUB has invested $59 million over the last 12 months to widen and deepen drainage networks, as well as raise the roads in 10 low-lying areas such as Cuscaden Road, Mountbatten Road and Commonwealth Avenue.
Since last month, the agency has advised 204 residents and businesses to store belongings on elevated ground and place sandbags at entrances to block flooding.
If you have been affected by the floods or have more details, send them to us. You can also email photos to us at [email protected].

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makapaaa · Nov 19, 2009

Cos the CCB Familee dammed up Marina Bay lah! Honest mistake. Let's move on!

makapaaa · Nov 19, 2009

This Urban Jungle
Posted on 19 Nov 2009
Dramatic bird’s eye view of Bukit Timah flood

dramatic_birds_eye_view_of_bukit_timah_flood-thumbnail.jpg

STOMPer Yin Jie sent in these dramatic bird’s eye view pictures of the flood along Bukit Timah road.

“It was taken at about 2:15pm and they depict a major flood along Bukit Timah,” the STOMPer wrote in an email to STOMP.

The STOMPer sent them in minutes after he snapped them at 2:45pm today (Nov 19).

Click on thumbnails for larger image

Keywords: flood , Bukit Timah

Watchman · Nov 20, 2009

TeeKee · Nov 20, 2009

Sibeh Zun, a few days after the Gabramen announced that Met Office will deliver the weather reports because of the monsoon seasons...

God delivers the rains to MIWs estates.... :biggrin:

angie II · Nov 20, 2009

Nov 20, 2009
Floods hit Bukit Timah

A photo sent to the Stomp website shows motorists getting out to push their vehicles in flooded Bukit Timah Road. -- PHOTO: ST READER

 DURING 2-1/2 hours on Thursday afternoon, almost half a month's worth of rain was dumped on central Singapore, most of which drained into the Bukit Timah Canal. The canal burst its banks and knee-deep water brought traffic to a standstill along several stretches of Bukit Timah - Coronation Road to Third Avenue; Wilby Road to Blackmore Drive; and the Sixth Avenue junction. The intense downpour - 110mm of rain between 12.50pm and 3.20pm - was more than the canal could empty into the Pandan reservoir. There were no reports of any serious incidents, but several vehicles stalled and a few were nearly fully submerged in underground carparks. 'The water level was so high my car was floating inside the carpark. My colleague had to swim in to push it out,' said Ms Pauline Tan, the owner of a silver Peugeot parked at the 6th Avenue Centre basement carpark. Flood waters had subsided by 3.30pm.

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halsey02 · Nov 20, 2009

angie II said:
Nov 20, 2009
Floods hit Bukit Timah



A photo sent to the Stomp website shows motorists getting out to push their vehicles in flooded Bukit Timah Road. -- PHOTO: ST READER

 DURING 2-1/2 hours on Thursday afternoon, almost half a month's worth of rain was dumped on central Singapore, most of which drained into the Bukit Timah Canal. The canal burst its banks and knee-deep water brought traffic to a standstill along several stretches of Bukit Timah - Coronation Road to Third Avenue; Wilby Road to Blackmore Drive; and the Sixth Avenue junction. The intense downpour - 110mm of rain between 12.50pm and 3.20pm - was more than the canal could empty into the Pandan reservoir. There were no reports of any serious incidents, but several vehicles stalled and a few were nearly fully submerged in underground carparks. 'The water level was so high my car was floating inside the carpark. My colleague had to swim in to push it out,' said Ms Pauline Tan, the owner of a silver Peugeot parked at the 6th Avenue Centre basement carpark. Flood waters had subsided by 3.30pm.

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Looking at the picture...the distributor of the car( Cycle & Carriage), the mechanic ( motor workshops), the tow truck companies...are saying, "huat, huat, huat, huat ( 8 8 8 8), and raining like mad...'wu chwee"...( got water!)...

8 8 8 8....'HUAT AH!".. :biggrin:

angie II · Nov 20, 2009

halsey02 said:
Looking at the picture...the distributor of the car( Cycle & Carriage), the mechanic ( motor workshops), the tow truck companies...are saying, "huat, huat, huat, huat ( 8 8 8 8), and raining like mad...'wu chwee"...( got water!)...

8 8 8 8....'HUAT AH!"..

These kind of super hot lumbers gahmen outlets must buy in advance else buay bay jip wan lah.. and how many times / often does 8888 open? I will debunk these superstitions. Hitting 8888 is nothing, hitting 0000 is something and an achievement! :eek:

.

STUCK_HERE · Nov 20, 2009

Shiok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wizard · Nov 20, 2009

Shiok lah....

When I was i dunearn tech SS ( now NJC )during 1982-1986. When you have down pour. The slope will be a waterfall and the drain below it become a rapid river. You slide down the slop follow by the rapid then swim to the football pool.

No money can buy this kind of fun....

Now NJC. I dun think those fuckers dare to do such thing.

Adam road will be a swiming pool. You order your prata. sit on the table and put your foot on the chair which is same level as the water n eat it.

rain rain ....more rain and flood 6th ave and oxyley rise

Frankiestine · Nov 20, 2009

Incredible "Uniquely Singapore"...First world standard of living and third world standard of drainage..:p:p:p

myo539 · Nov 20, 2009

angie II said:
Nov 20, 2009
Floods hit Bukit Timah



A photo sent to the Stomp website shows motorists getting out to push their vehicles in flooded Bukit Timah Road. -- PHOTO: ST READER

Wah, 8888 - means fart, fart, fart, fart - so lucky! Don't know how much he paid for the Number Plate. He should be the one deserving to whine - not some bohliah armchair critics here. But of course he won't because he is a successful Singaporean - not some born losers who squat in this forum.

myo539 · Nov 20, 2009

makapaaa said:
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Nov 19, 2009
Flash floods in Bt Timah



Flash floods in Dunearn. -- PHOTO: STOMP

View more photos http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/image/20091119/bt-flood2-stomp.jpg http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/image/20091119/bt-flood3-stomp.jpg http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/image/20091119/dunearn-flood1-stomp.jpg http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/image/20091119/dunearn-flood2-stomp.jpg http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/image/20091119/dunearn-flood3-stomp.jpg


HEAVY downpours caused flash floods in the Bukit Timah areas, with waters reaching knee-high in some places.
Traffic snarled along Bukit Timah and Dunearn Roads as cars slowed to a crawl to get through the flood waters.
Motorists said the Bukit Timah canal was overflowing, causing waters to rise to knee-high level in some areas.
Students who had sat for their A Level exams were stuck at bus-stops and in schools.
According to Stomper Martin, the flooding caused a major traffic jam on Bukit Timah and Dunearn Road sometime between 1 pm and 2.30pm.
He said he was stuck in his office at Sime Darby Centre during the heavy downpour and was late for a meeting because of it.
Singapore's weatherman has forecast that the wet spell will continue till January and flash floods are expected in low-lying and flood-prone areas including Chinatown, the Central Business District, Geylang, Lorong Buangkok and Tanjong Katong.
PUB, the national water agency, has said that heavy rain brought on by the north-east monsoon could coincide with 3m- to 3.2m-high tides, triggering flash floods over the next few months.
To quell the effects of the stormy spell, PUB has invested $59 million over the last 12 months to widen and deepen drainage networks, as well as raise the roads in 10 low-lying areas such as Cuscaden Road, Mountbatten Road and Commonwealth Avenue.
Since last month, the agency has advised 204 residents and businesses to store belongings on elevated ground and place sandbags at entrances to block flooding.
If you have been affected by the floods or have more details, send them to us. You can also email photos to us at [email protected].


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Omen, Omen, why didn't you jump like a monkey and pronounced it was an omen of some kind?

myo539 · Nov 20, 2009

makapaaa said:
Cos the CCB Familee dammed up Marina Bay lah! Honest mistake. Let's move on![/B][/CENTER]

Are you a Malaysian? Your thinking can't be a Singaporean.

When Kota Tinggi was flooded till the rooftop, many ignorant kampong Malaysians said the flood was caused by land reclamation in Singapore which dammed up the Johor River.

One day someone will blame Singapore for causing forest fires in Sumatra.

halsey02 · Nov 20, 2009

myo539 said:
Are you a Malaysian? Your thinking can't be a Singaporean.

When Kota Tinggi was flooded till the rooftop, many ignorant kampong Malaysians said the flood was caused by land reclamation in Singapore which dammed up the Johor River.

One day someone will blame Singapore for causing forest fires in Sumatra.

Have you studies Geography?, have you seen the reclammation of swamps areas in Tuas & the Northern part of SINgapore?...the rivers in Johor, flows into the Straits of Johor...to explain all these, it is detailled...

There is some truth in this....not a direct reposnsible, but an indirect one..

As for the floods at B Timah area, which is flood prone in the past, someone, must have forgotten to open the tidal gates..or there are too much activities at Marina South...

The tide is high....we are number 1...with floods again :biggrin:

TeeKee · Nov 20, 2009

This FT lady seems to be enjoying it alot, she has a positive attitudes towards such calamity...i wonder where she gets her peace from? hehe..

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nextinfidel · Nov 20, 2009

STUCK_HERE said:
Shiok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

power. super shiok. too bad i was high n dry in the office yesterday.
those car workshops will probably see a 20% growth in business. recession is confirmed over.

chewed · Nov 20, 2009

makapaaa said:
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Flash floods in Bt Timah



Flash floods in Dunearn. -- PHOTO: STOMP

View more photos http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/image/20091119/bt-flood2-stomp.jpg http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/image/20091119/bt-flood3-stomp.jpg http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/image/20091119/dunearn-flood1-stomp.jpg http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/image/20091119/dunearn-flood2-stomp.jpg http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/image/20091119/dunearn-flood3-stomp.jpg


HEAVY downpours caused flash floods in the Bukit Timah areas, with waters reaching knee-high in some places.
Traffic snarled along Bukit Timah and Dunearn Roads as cars slowed to a crawl to get through the flood waters.
Motorists said the Bukit Timah canal was overflowing, causing waters to rise to knee-high level in some areas.
Students who had sat for their A Level exams were stuck at bus-stops and in schools.
According to Stomper Martin, the flooding caused a major traffic jam on Bukit Timah and Dunearn Road sometime between 1 pm and 2.30pm.
He said he was stuck in his office at Sime Darby Centre during the heavy downpour and was late for a meeting because of it.
Singapore's weatherman has forecast that the wet spell will continue till January and flash floods are expected in low-lying and flood-prone areas including Chinatown, the Central Business District, Geylang, Lorong Buangkok and Tanjong Katong.
PUB, the national water agency, has said that heavy rain brought on by the north-east monsoon could coincide with 3m- to 3.2m-high tides, triggering flash floods over the next few months.
To quell the effects of the stormy spell, PUB has invested $59 million over the last 12 months to widen and deepen drainage networks, as well as raise the roads in 10 low-lying areas such as Cuscaden Road, Mountbatten Road and Commonwealth Avenue.
Since last month, the agency has advised 204 residents and businesses to store belongings on elevated ground and place sandbags at entrances to block flooding.
If you have been affected by the floods or have more details, send them to us. You can also email photos to us at [email protected].


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obviously whatever PUB is doing is not good enuf. 59 million spent and it floods like as if Bukit Timah residents need Noah's Ark...

singveld · Nov 20, 2009

pap have been very successful for years.

keeping flooding out.

they are to be commended.

what happen recently, mean that they have to improve on the drainage. and build bigger and wider drain.

with further investment, this problem can be solved.

i am sure pap can achieve this, one day.

myo539 · Nov 20, 2009

halsey02 said:
As for the floods at B Timah area, which is flood prone in the past, someone, must have forgotten to open the tidal gates..or there are too much activities at Marina South...

The tide is high....we are number 1...with floods again

If by your learned explanation, the part of the canal nearer the Marina Reservoir such as Rochor, Kim Seng Road area - the actual Singapore River areas - or even Kallang and Geylang River - all should be flooded.

You are obviously unaware that the Bt Timah canal has two diversions - one flows into the Pandan River and the other into Kallang river under the SCGS school field. These two diversion canals help to drain away water so that places downstream - such as Newton areas which used to floor -is kept dry, which is the case in this situation.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; read more. Here learn this.

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