Basement Carparks Completely Flooded!

Jul 17, 2010

Hit by dawn downpour

Heavy rains caused by Typhoon Conson batter cars, businesses and homes islandwide

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<!-- end left side bar --> Flood in Tessarina Condo. -- PHOTO COURTESY OF JERRY CHAN

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THE start of the weekend was ruined for Singaporeans living in low-lying parts of the country, when they woke up surrounded by rainwater.
They found themselves ankle-deep, knee-deep and even waist-deep in it, the result of rain that began pouring down at dawn, and persisted for hours until it flooded homes, shops and basement carparks.
Saturday's storm battered the central and eastern parts of Singapore with nearly double the force of last month's two flash floods.
The heaviest rainful was between 4.40am and 6.40am. Between 178.4 and 179.6 mm of rainfall were dumped in two hours over the central and eastern areas, easing only at about 7am.
Singapore Civil Defence Force officers were busy freeing up motorists and passengers - 59 of them - stuck in cars and buses.
The usual 'hotspots' - Bukit Timah, Upper Thomson and Telok Kurau - were again awash in water, although there have been recent efforts to improve drainage there.

Read the full story in The Sunday Times.
If you know of floods in other affected areas, send details and photos to [email protected]
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Jul 17, 2010

Businesses rained out

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<!-- end left side bar --> Thomson Road Post Office mops away the excess water after the water level has receeded. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM

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FROM flipping pratas and waiting at tables, staff at The Prata House in Upper Thomson Road took to taking care of customers instead early on Saturday morning.
Staff at the 24-hour eatery said the rain started at about 4.30am, and reached thigh-high levels in half an hour. Up to 50 customers were stranded in the shop, as flood waters swirled around them.
'It's the worst flood in our 18 years of business. Three of our refrigerators toppled over. Forty bags of flour got wet, and 1,000 eggs were broken or floated away,'' said Mr Ikbal Mohamed Ali, 55, the owner.
Nearby, Mr Gerald Chua, who worked the night shift at 7-Eleven, said the water swept through 'like a tsunami'.
'The chillers were floating outside and cars were swinging sideways. I jumped on the 4D counter as I was afraid there would be electricity in the water.'
So great was the water pressure that the shutters to a few shops were badly bent and could not be opened.
Read the full story in The Sunday Times.

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Jul 17, 2010

Cars rained out

Cluny Court basement and Bukit Timah condo carparks fill with water after heavy downpour

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CLUNY Court has a two-storey basement carpark, and both levels were flooded on Saturday. As luck would have it, there was only one car parked there as most of the four-storey high building consists of shop units and it was early in the morning.
Mr Johann Soh, 33, a tenant since last December and the franchisee of Marble Slab Creamery on the first floor, said the previous flood on June 16 was limited to the lower basement and subsided rapidly.
But this time, it will take at least 10 pumps working and at least a day to get the carpark cleared of water, said Mr Peter Teo, a coordinator from E-tech Building Services.
Only then can other problems be fixed: like the power outage.
In Bukit Timah, the condominiums Gentle Reflections and Tessarina also had their carparks flooded.
A Tessarina resident who wanted to be known only as Mrs Ho, said that she had two cars trapped in the carpark.
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one of the pics shows teh tarik in the making:p

new bogeyman to blame: typhoon conson. it has not hit vietnam yet.

Our mat minister still learning...

garlic said:

Our mat minister still learning...

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Yaccob: Another learning experience for me ..i'm striving to be betterest

aiyo....caught off guard again...paiseh paiseh

all those rich and wealthy people living in rich condos must be wondering why???

why their basement carparks and even their basement homes flooded so badly???

why ???

look up and pray to heaven for the answer!

looks like it's going to rain once again...where flooding now?

It seems like the east part of sinkapore is very flood prone. Good, just flood the whole damn island.

Oh that is too bad, why set up your business in a flood area?

that wendy damned sway i must say

but adequate advertisements will make wendy to bloom soon!!!

i just wonder... How many sq km was flooded. Is it still below national avg? Dec yet to come, they already cannot handle liao

complain simi...AH Loong say no flood free wor!

bodycells said:

It seems like the east part of sinkapore is very flood prone. Good, just flood the whole damn island.

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So how much have you lost?


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Holland will win.. Confirmed!!!!
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Holland sure win one, i dun believe Spain will win...
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garlic said:

Our mat minister still learning...

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He just had his million dollar abalone ad French truffle nasi lemak for dinner the night before and threw the banana leaf into the culvert that's why........

parquet floor become like this, heart pain.

Singapaporean said:

Yaccob: Another learning experience for me ..i'm striving to be betterest

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Don't we have a mentor minister, why isn't he mentoring

johnny333 said:

Don't we have a mentor minister, why isn't he mentoring

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He is walking to the breakfast table.