SG Severely Hit By Once in 50 Years Ponding Again!

[makapaaa]

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Flash floods hit parts of S'pore and leave traffic stuck for 30 minutes
Posted on 05 September 2013 | 35425 views | 15 comments | 0 shares
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STOMPers encountered flash floods in parts of Singapore this morning (Sep 5), such as the Ayer Rajah Expressway and Clementi, which caused traffic jams lasting for more than half an hour.
According to a Straits Times report, a tree fell on two cars, causing massive traffic jam along Dunearn Road.
These areas reported high flood risk: Pandan Kechil, Sime Darby Centre, Sunset, Alexandra Canal near Zion Road, Commonwealth Avenue/Commonwealth Drive, and Indus Road/Ganges Avenue.
Flash floods also occurred at Alexandra Road, near the junction of Delta Road, and Commonwealth Avenue/Commonwealth Drive, near Commonwealth MRT station.
But the floods have subsided by 9.48am, according to the PUB.
STOMPer Steven said:
"Flash flood at AYE Exit 9.
"The flood is still there and at tire level.
"I was stuck there for half an hour and many cars were partially submerged."
STOMPer Jan said:
"Floods at AYE this morning.
"The traffic at the A YE came to a standstill because of the downpour."
STOMPer Henry said:
"Heavy downpour since early this monring has turned the stretch of road outside Clementi Town Secondary and Clementi Primary School into a muddy river.|
"The road is hardly accessible to pedestrians unless they are prepared to wet their feet in the muddy water."
STOMPer William said:
"Travel out for work at 7am.
"Buses and car soaked in water.
"I wonder what time I will reach the workplace today."
STOMPer Fiee said:
"It was raining heavily in the morning.
"I was on my way to work when I noticed that the monsoon drain nearby was overflowing.
"Upon walking to the bus stop, I was taken aback to see the condition at the expressway.
"Water was all the way up, covering the floor of the elevated bus stop platform.
"The photos shows many vehicles already half submerged in the flood."
STOMPer Melvyn said:
"At around 9.30am, the heavy rains and strong winds caused the tree to fall on the car as senn in the picture.
"The tree branches completely blocked off both sides of the road to traffic.
"Long jam in both directions as buses cannot make a u-turn."
STOMPer Chew said:
"Flooding on AYE this morning, 5 September.
"Screenshot taken from a friend's FB posting where he encountered the flooding first-hand."
STOMPer Nurul said:
"School flood."
Video credit: Instagram user @Huiyitina







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[makapaaa]

 

[makapaaa]

 

[makapaaa]

 

[CopyCat]

Time to make full use of my surfboard, 50 year so fast come already ah!!!!

 

[tanwahtiu]

hope this type of flood happen during LKL funeral possession and see his coffin float down the road, amen.

Time to make full use of my surfboard, 50 year so fast come already ah!!!!

 

[winners]

Wonder if tomorrow morning will have another repeat.

 

[lianbeng]

lianbeng replies: so fast 50 years liao ah!

 

[winners]

I have noticed that normally, a storm will recur again about 1 hour earlier the following day. This is the cycle for a few days before it finally recedes. I may be wrong this time.

 

[tonychat]

Sinkieland getting worse every year..sinkapore liao.wahahhahaha...just love it when.Sinkies are screwed.

 

[wendychan]

http://otterman.wordpress.com/2013/...ign=Feed:+OttermanSpeaks+(Otterman+speaks...)


NUS LT27 foyer floods at midday today

 

[chonburifc]

Sinking land really sinking wor! How har?

Kick out threads evil and greedy pappies and their foreign pets!

 

[lianbeng]

Sinkieland getting worse every year..sinkapore liao.wahahhahaha...just love it when.Sinkies are screwed.

lianbeng replies tonychat: they keep on digging n digging underground sure flooded lah! no brainer leh! some more they still want to develop underground cities!

 

[bakkuttay]

hahahhahahhhaaaa....................

yah there are many here who love to run down this beautiful country
close your eyes and you just point your middle finger
you hit a thread condemning this country - bad this , bad that, bad everything
do nothing but destructive
contribute nothing but vitriolic
poisonous and evil and vile...
do something more constructive lah
instead of kpkb day in and day out....

 

[kopiuncle]

this ponding must be treated with love
it's a cleansing process of nature
after the 7th month of utter misery and bad business
now the business will boom and boom
our GNP will go up and up for the fourth quarter
singapore is blessed with so many talented people
even the forummers here are so gifted and so intelligent
many of them are brilliant scholars with top scores
we are truly blessed....majulah singapura!!!

 

[laksaboy]

World class govt. World class infrastructure.


[video=youtube;HHS9CY94Bh0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHS9CY94Bh0[/video]


:kma:

 

[curse044]

Wait tll the population increased to 6.9 millions then lagi worse...so many people so heavy, the island cannot support the loading ah! It will sin further! Hahahahaaa....

 

[kopiuncle]

World class govt. World class infrastructure.


[video=youtube;HHS9CY94Bh0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHS9CY94Bh0[/video]




:kma:

a bit like the jap tsunami hitting the city centre...scary leh

 

[SlickJon]

sinkieland is literally and figuratively sinking.

 

[makapaaa]

[h=2]PUB advises caution as heavy floods hit several areas[/h]

September 5th, 2013 |

Author: Editorial

Heavy rain this morning (5 Sep) has caused flash floods in
several areas in Singapore.

PUB issued a statement about noon today reporting heavy floods in the
following locations:

• AYE 9.6km, towards ECP
• Commonwealth Avenue/Lane/Drive
• Junction of South Bridge Road and Maxwell Road
• Junction of Cuscaden Road and Tomlinson Road
• Alexandra Road, towards Lower Delta Road (near Ganges Ave)
• Lorong Kismis

PUB said that heavy rain fell over the central and western parts of Singapore
in the morning from 8.15am to 9.30am. The heaviest rainfall was recorded at Kent
Ridge with a rainfall of 102.8mm from 8.10am to 9.40am. It peaked between 8.15am
to 8.50am, with a rainfall of 82.2mm.

The areas most affected by the flash floods were the Ayer Rajah Expressway
(AYE) and Commonwealth Avenue. At AYE, the drains overflowed due to the intense
rainfall and rising tide. Flood waters reached a depth of half a metre and
subsided within 40 minutes. All 4 lanes of AYE towards ECP were closed to
traffic during the flood.

PUB stated that it has plans to “upgrade the Sungei Pandan Kechil, which
serves this section of the AYE”.

“For Commonwealth Avenue, PUB has scheduled drainage improvement works, which
will commence in 4th Quarter 2013 and are expected to complete by 1st half of
2015.”

It is not known why the drainage in these areas was not improved earlier,
since floods have been occuring in Singapore more and more frequently in recent
years.

In November 2009, parts of Bukit Timah were flooded by knee-deep rain water,
partially submerging ground-floor apartments and causing widespread damage to
public property. At the time, the Minister for the Environment and Water
Resources Yaacob Ibrahim boldly told the public that it was a “freak event”
which happened “once in 50 years”.

However, less than a year late in June 2010, the popular tourist belt,
Orchard Road, was heavily flooded after heavy rain, leading the public to
question Dr Yaacob’s “once in 50 years” assertion. Shopping malls along Orchard
Road like Lucky Plaza and Liat Towers were all affected. Burger chain Wendy’s,
coffee shop Starbucks and high fashion retailer Hermes all fell victim to the
flood as their basement level shops were submerged. Rescuers had to pull about
70 passengers from cars and buses, as flooding shut down Orchard Road. 2 days
later, at a press conference, PUB blamed the flooding on leaves choking the
drainage system leading to Stamford Canal.

A year later in June 2011, Orchard Road was once again beset with floods.
Tanglin Mall, Forum Galleria and Traders Hotel were all partly flooded. Tanglin
Mall, which is popular with expatriates, had rainwater cascading down the
escalator into Basement 2 where Marketplace Supermarket and a food court are
located. Nearby posh St Regis Residences had its basement carpark flooded as
well. PUB explained that the flooding to the buildings was due to heavy rainfall
directly impacting the basements and the buildings’ internal drainage pumps were
simply unable to cope with the torrents of water rushing in.

When the flooding of Orchard Road occured in December 2011, a new word was
invented by PUB – “ponding”. Within hours of flooding, PUB creatively said,
“There was no flooding at Orchard Road, but water ‘ponded’ at the open area of
Liat Towers, the underpass between Lucky Plaza and Ngee Ann City, and the
basement of Lucky Plaza due to the sustained heavy downpour”.

In its statement today, PUB advised the public to “exercise caution” as
“flash floods may occur in the event of heavy storms”.

A TR Emeritus kindly emailed to us the following photos and video link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HHS9CY94Bh0