Incessant rain bring floods to eastern part of Singapore

Flooding at the Tampines Expressway near the Punggol Exit. (courtesy of @ygalau)

Nearly two days of constant rain over the weekend caused several parts of eastern Singapore to flood on Sunday morning and afternoon.

Channel News Asia reported that areas affected by the Sunday flash floods included Airport Boulevard, Changi Village, the slip road near Tampines Avenue 12, the TPE slip road near the Punggol exit, as well as Ang Mo Kio Ave 5, leading to Buangkok Green Industrial Park.

The Straits Times also reported two lanes along Airport Boulevard were closed on Sunday morning due to flooding along Airport Boulevard, leaving two passable. But the flood waters were cleared by noon.

PUB officers said the floods were caused by chokes in the drainage system.

At Block 384A in Tampines Street 32, workers had to pump out the water from the flooded basement of the multi-storey carpark.

However, usual flood-prone areas such as Bukit Timah and Orchard Road were spared this time.

The almost continuous weekend rain also caused havoc at construction sites. In particular, a partially completed bridge under construction at Punggol The Waterway collapsed under the weight of rainwater on Sunday morning.

The non-stop rain and subsequent floods were a major talking point on micro-blogging platform Twitter, where #sgflood and #sgfloods were among the top trending topics.

Users @quelynxandever and @iamsurebbyrz also reported flooding at the Singapore Expo, and Loyang Avenue near Changi Prison.