'Pool' at Liat Towers again after sudden heavy rain

Flash floods hit several parts of Singapore at about 5pm on Friday, including Orchard Road, said several Stomp readers. -- PHOTO: STOMP

Customers at the Starbucks outlet in Liat Towers were taken aback by a sudden waterfall on Friday afternoon, in a scene reminiscent of last year's flash floods.

In less than five minutes, water gushed down the steps and into the basement coffee joint, the Wendy's burger outlet next door, as well as the Massimo Dutti clothing store.

Though both automatic and manual flood barriers had been installed, they did not come up in time to stop the waterworks, leaving shoppers to pick their way across chairs laid out as stepping stones, or wade through the knee-deep water.

Miss Nur Sadrina Isahak, 19, was with a friend at Starbucks when the flooding began, and snapped a photo for citizen journalism website Stomp.

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