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June 23, 2007
FURIOUS FLOODS
Chinatown, an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population was flooded after a world-wide high tide surge between Feb 7 to Feb 12 in 1974. On Feb 9, the tide stood at 3.9m, a record for Singapore. ST PHOTO: KOK AH CHONG
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June 23, 2007
SUMMER SPLASH
Freak floods caused traffic snarls and left thousands of office workers returning home from work stranded. The floods was due to high tide of 3.9m damaged stocks of rice, vegetables and other goods at Boat Quay. The floods affected the East Coast, Collyer Quay, parts of Kampong Bahru, Towner Road and Chinatown. ST PHOTO: KOK AH CHONG
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June 23, 2007
SNARL-UP
Floods caused a long traffic congestion at New Bridge Road. Thousands of office workers returning home from work were stranded. The floods were due to high tide of 3.9m, damaging stocks of rice, vegetables and other goods at Boat Quay. ST PHOTO: KOK AH CHONG
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June 23, 2007
KNEE-HIGH LEVEL
Mystery floods swept through Singapore between Feb 7 to Feb 12 in 1974 , bringing life to a virtual standstill. Seawater 1m high covered much of the island. ST PHOTO: KOK AH CHONG
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June 23, 2007
TROUBLED TIMES
Mystery floods swept through Singapore between Feb 7 to Feb 12 in 1974 causing the merchants in Boat Quay to lose thousands of dollars in goods such as rice, coconut and oranges; the breakwater off Collyer Quay was submerged and traffic came to a standstill. ST PHOTO: KOK AH CHONG
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June 23, 2007
FORCES OF NATURE
Singapore got a taste of what a sea level rise of over 1m might be like in 1974 due to global warming, largely caused by human carbon dioxide emissions which caused sea levels to rise beyond the usual 1m to 2.4m high. ST PHOTO: KOK AH CHONG
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