Year 1960
Tag: Flood
Heavy Rain Causes Along Expressway
Thursday, 25th March 2010
A sudden surge of heavy rain this afternoon at about 3pm slowed down traffic due slight flooding long expressway around the island. In particular, the East Coast Parkway Expressway (ECP) near the the Marina Bay Sands construction was flooded. This is probably caused by a dip on the road as tje result of earthworks and compounded by blocked drains.
Rain Causes Floods in Bukit Timah
Thursday, 19th November 2009
Intense heavy rain caused flooding in various part of Singapore. In Bukit Timah, at its peak, the flood waters reached knee level. Stretches from Coronation Road to Third Avenue and from Wilby Road to Blackmore Road. The junction of Sixth Avenue and Bukit Timah Road was also flooded. The rainfall was about six times that of a normal storm resulted in massive amounts of water - equivalent to the amount in 115 Olympic-sized pools - to drain into Bukit Timah Canal, causing it to overflow.
Two Areas In Singapore Flooded
Friday, 13th September 1985
Heavy morning rain caused flooding along Braddell Road, near Westlake Secondary School, and the junction of Bukit Timah and Cluny roads were under 0.3 Meters of floor water.
Stamford Canal Overhaul Completed
Wednesday, 1st December 1982
The overhaul of the Stamford Canal that costed $32-million has completed. The 4.1 km canal has been widened and deepened between Orange Grove Road to the sea front. The entire project took 30 months. This will leviate the flooding of Orchard Road during heavy rain fall.
Bukit Timah area hit by flood
Thursday, 18th March 1982
Some areas along Bukit Timah Road, the flood water rose to 1.5 metres deep after a heavy downpour. Cluny Road was also flooded, but that flooding was believed to have been caused partly by sewerage work in that area.
Rain caused floods around Singapore
Saturday, 2nd December 1978
A torrential downpour resulted in the heaviest rainfall for the decade. Rainfall during the 24-hour period - at 512.4 mm - was the highest ever recorded. The SAF, together with the Police, were called upon to handle one of Singapore’s biggest flood rescue and evacuation operations. Equipped with standard rescue procedures and the raw enthusiasm of our servicemen, the Ministry of Defence Operations Centre implemented the contingency plan, Operation Menolong. As most of the roads were impassable to heavy traffic, assault boats and dinghies were deployed to evacuate residents to higher ground. At Potong Pasir alone, more than 200 villagers were evacuated and housed in the Kim Keat community centre; others were housed in St. Andrew’s School. The boats were used to evacuate people from four other sub-merged areas - Kampong San Teng, Lorong Buangkok, Lorong Kudang and Lorong Chuan.
Two-hour rain causes heavy flooding
Thursday, 23rd September 1971
A strong 22-Knots (40km/hr) Sumatra storm from the Malacca Straits hit Singapore this morning. In just over two hours it caused heavy flooding, power failures, landslides, monster traffic jams and a chain of road mishaps. At the Paya Lebar Airport, two arrivals and two departures were delayed due to poor visibility. Several kampong homes in Geylang Serai had their their roof-top blown off. Flood were reported at Bukit Timah Road, Kampong Java Road, Kheam Hock Road and Holland Road. Even the Botanic Gardens was under water. Several trees throughout the island were uprooted.
Most Of Singapore Flooded
Wednesday, 10th December 1969
A monster flood that affected much of the island because of 12 inches (300 millimetres) of rain fell in a 24 hour period leaving many parts of Singapore submerged up to chest levels, with waters in the worst hit areas rising over 2 metres, in the worst flooding in some 35 years. Some 3000 people were left homeless as a result and five people were killed. Potong Pasir was one of the worst hit areas with the attap and zinc roofs of houses were visible with the rest submersed under water. Vegetable farms were destroyed and much of the livestock kept in the pig and poultry farms, drowned.
Twelve Hours Of Rain Wreaked Havoc
Friday, 3rd June 1960
Heaviest rain was in the western half of Singapore when it started to rain since 4am and last for 12 hours. That caused widespread flooding all over the island. Hardest-hit area was at Wayang Satu along Bukit Timah Road. At one time, the flood water was at 4 feet high. Rows of stalled cars were left abandoned by the roadside. Other badly-affected areas were Queenstown, where the 2 feet high water flooded scores of homes. Even Orchard Road was turned into a muddy river with streams pouring into the flooded road. The Padang was a shallow lake.
Lightning Killed Two
Sunday, 6th December 1959
A Malay couple were killed by lightning as they sat in the doorway of their attap house in Jalan Kayu. They were resting there after lunch when they were struck by a bolt of lighting during a severe thunder storm. Their friend who is resting in an adjoining room suffered burns on his back. The rain also caused flooding in low-lying areas along Bukit Timah Road.
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