Orchard Rd + Others Flooded Again. What's the Excuse This Time?

[matamafia]

100mm is the PUB's STANDARD RAINFALL FIGURE - as long as it flood they claimed this sort of standard figures! Not once but twice already. This number can open Toto 1st price?



http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=508694

Heavy Downpour Floods Singapore Roads

By Zakaria Abdul Wahab

SINGAPORE, June 25 (Bernama) - Singapore's morning traffic was disrupted today after a heavy downpour flooded many parts of the island, and fallen trees blocked roads leading to the city.

Traffic along the Bukit Timah road towards the city stood still for few hours after a stretch of the road was flooded, while in other places, traffic had to be diverted.

Other areas also affected by the floods and fallen trees were Upper Thomson Road, Ang Mo Kio Avenue, Jalan Boon Lay and part of Orchard Road.

The PUB, the republic's water agency, recorded a 100mm rainfall within an hour, beginning 8am.

On June 16, the same amount of rainfall flooded the Orchard Road tourist area, causing massive damage to properties and vehicles, as well as disrupting businesses there.

This morning's floods subsided within an hour after the heavy rains stopped after 9am.

 

[matamafia]

Children are not safe in SG, even in PAP childcare can get drowned!

Flash floods wreak havoc across S'pore in morning rush hour
By Imelda Saad | Posted: 25 June 2010 1303 hrs

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1065623/1/.html

SINGAPORE : The heavy downpour on Friday morning caused chaos on the roads with another bout of flooding across the island.

At least four people were injured, and several others trapped by rising waters and fallen trees.

This comes just a week after flash floods wreaked havoc at Singapore's Orchard Road shopping belt.

A van crushed by a massive tree was just one casualty of the storm that lashed through the island early Friday morning. Gusty winds uprooted the entire tree from its roots.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said two people in the van were injured and were sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

Along the Central Expressway (CTE), another tree fell onto a car, causing a massive traffic jam which stretched several kilometres.

Traffic Police were on hand to divert traffic away from the CTE towards SLE in between the Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 and Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 exit due to the fallen tree.

For many motorists, visibility on the roads was down to just a few metres.

A similar scene was observed near Orchard Central. A fallen tree blocked three lanes of traffic.

At a childcare centre at Telok Kurau, in the eastern part of Singapore, 18 pre-school children and seven adults were evacuated as knee-deep waters gushed into the building.

The SCDF used pumps to extract water from the affected building.

MediaCorp viewers also sent in videos of vehicles trapped by rising waters.

Singapore's national water agency PUB said heavy and intense rain fell in many parts of Singapore. It added that 100mm of rain fell within an hour, between 8am and 9.30am.

That is 60 per cent of the average rainfall recorded for the entire month of June. The same amount of rainfall was recorded on June 16 when storms led to the massive flooding in Orchard Road.

PUB said the heavy rain caused localised flash floods in a number of areas and the waters subsided within 30 minutes.

Since the flooding last week, PUB has installed gratings at canals at Holland Road and behind Tanglin Shopping Centre.

All in, PUB said it will spend S$25,000 to install five gratings in drains upstream from the Stamford Canal, which runs in the heart of Orchard Road. The gratings are designed to trap debris while allowing water to flow through.

Those affected by the floods are hoping such measures will mitigate any future problems.

At the Lucky Plaza shopping complex, a bookstore which was one of the many shops hit by the floods last week was luckier this time round.

Bernard Chung, owner of Discount Bookstore, said: "The flood in my memory was very clear because I was here at about 10.15am in the morning and the water came in so quickly it covered up the whole place and it turned into a swimming pool at the basement.

"This morning I was concerned, so I came a little bit early just to make sure, but thank god nothing happened."

Interestingly, shopkeepers are now offering post-flood discounts at Lucky Plaza, in a bid to lure back the crowds.

 

[Watchman]

 

[Watchman]

 

[Watchman]

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/video/index.php

 

[palden]

From Dr Yakult : Sorry la. Must be somewhere jam again. I go check hor.

 

[wahlaneh]

From Dr Yakult : Sorry la. Must be somewhere jam again. I go check hor.

wahlaneh...
he promised to clean up all longkangs thoroughly.
"if i dun go down who will go down?"

 

[manokie]

Re: flooding in orchard - IT'S A HONEST MISTAKE!

Someone need to step down for this nonsense

I am sure Dragon Lee is mad at Yaacob right now.

 

[palden]

Re: flooding in orchard - IT'S A HONEST MISTAKE!

From Dr Yakult: Longkang veri long lei. Must be litterbugs! Increase Fine to $1 mil or life sentnce or both.

 

[wahlaneh]

Re: flooding in orchard - IT'S A HONEST MISTAKE!

Someone need to step down for this nonsense

I am sure Dragon Lee is mad at Yaacob right now.

wahlaneh...
not yet lah.
flood water hasn't reached dragon house yet lah.

 

[VeryWise]

Re: flooding in orchard - IT'S A HONEST MISTAKE!

wahlaneh...
not yet lah.
flood water hasn't reached dragon house yet lah.

Douch worry...he has dragon boat

 

[dysentry]

Re: flooding in orchard - IT'S A HONEST MISTAKE!

No worries, our president will help to clear the leaves.

 

[makapaaa]

___________Morning storm wrecks flood havoc all over S'pore[/SIZE]
Posted on 25 Jun 2010

The heavy rain which started at about 5am this morning (Jun 25) has caused flooding in multiple areas of Singapore. STOMPers have reported flooding in the northeast and east regions like Thomson, Moulmein, Paya Lebar and other areas. In some areas, the waters were at knee level.

STOMPer Edward sent in a video of commuters wading in knee-high water at a Thomson Road bus stop.

"Flood water reached knee height with minutes," the STOMPer said.

STOMPer Seb reported flooding along Changi Road.

STOMPer Linda sent in pictures of flooding along Tampines Road:

"Heavy rain in Hougang area (Tampines Road) caused 'mini flood' similar to Orchard incident last week!

"Flood took about 20 to 30mins to subside."

It sure looks like problem is spreading or being shifted around. Either there are more clogged drains due to the LAZINESS + IRRESPONSIBILITY of Yaboob + CIVIL SERPENTS or there's a more serious systemic problem with Peesai's drainage system arising from the construction of the Marina Barrage + Congested underground MRT network!

 

[dysentry]

http://forums.fuckwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2813458

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[makapaaa]

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Chai Chee Rd

Thomson Rd

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[garlic]

OMG.. this time even hitler du lan liao... siao liao


http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/video/video.php?v=1452170538565

 

[matamafia]

http://img51.imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img51/8624/mbsfloodedshark.jpg

 

[matamafia]

:p

 

[Ash007]

http://img51.imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&l=img51/8624/mbsfloodedshark.jpg

Come to think of it, this picture looks like its some sort of platform/oil rig/station/port for big cruise ship to dock to. 2012 really happening?

 

[matamafia]

Come to think of it, this picture looks like its some sort of platform/oil rig/station/port for big cruise ship to dock to. 2012 really happening?

The ship will knock the oil rig & would be like Gulf of Mexico Spill?