Unusual sight as flash floods hit Orchard Road

An unusual sight reported recently when heavy and intense rain in central and eastern Singapore last Sunday caused flash floods in certain place. But it was the flooding in Orchard Road, the premier shopping spot that caused much concern. According to PUB, the national water agency of Singapore, the rain that fell measured up to 65mm in 30 minutes which was way more intense than June last year when floods also occurred. Last June 16, 2 hours of rain recorded 100mm.

Flash floods were also reported at around Blackmore to Maplewood Road in Bukit Timah.
While the flood was not as bad as last years, pictures of luxury cars like BMWs, Ferraris and such submerged in water in a parking lot in Orchard Road raised some eyebrows around. There were also flash floods recorded around Cuscaden Road, Tanglin/Tomlinson Road junction, and Napier Road/Tanglin Road junction as well as the Delfi Orchard basement carpark. The basement 1 level of Tanglin Mall which was also flooded for the first time while some outlets in Forum shopping Mall had to be closed to ‘chase out’ the water. Tankers were deployed to the 2 malls to pump and channel the water out so that business could resume as soon as possible.