Flash floods, some roads 'not passable' in parts of the island due to heavy downpour: PUB
SINGAPORE — Flood warnings were issued for several areas across Singapore on Monday (March 7) afternoon following a heavy downpour, with flash floods reported in at least two locations.
In a message on its flood alert channel on Telegram at around 4.10pm, national water agency PUB advised motorists to avoid Enterprise Road in Jurong as it was “not passable” to traffic.
“PUB officers have been deployed to render assistance,” it added.
Earlier at around 3.20pm, the agency warned of a flash flood at Jurong East Street 32.
PUB said in a statement that both floods were due to "intense rain", and that both subsided within 30 minutes.
The heaviest rainfall recorded in western Singapore was 134.2mm at Jurong West Street 42 rainfall station from 2.35pm to 4.45pm, the agency said.
"This corresponds to 88 per cent of Singapore’s average monthly rainfall in March and lies within the top 1 per cent of maximum daily rainfall records since 1981," PUB said.
Other locations with flood risk warnings included:
- Jalan Boon Lay
- Boon Lay Way
- Jalan Tukang in Jurong
- Woodlands Road and Kranji Expressway
- International Road and Second Chin Bee Road in Jurong
- Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1
- Wan Lee Road and Enterprise Road in Jurong
- Sungei Lanchar (Jalan Boon Lay)
- Changi Airport Diversion Drain at Tanah Merah Country Club
