Heavy downpour on Friday afternoon causes flash floods in several areas

Flooding near Toa Payoh Central. ST PHOTO: NUR' AIN AHMAD
Flooding at a HDB carpark in Bishan. PHOTO: ST READER
The heavy downpour caused parts of Junction 8 to be flooded. Staff were seen rushing to contain the situation. ST PHOTO: YEO KAI WEN
CCTV footage from PUB showing the flood situation at Cambridge Road. PHOTO: PUB
CCTV footage from PUB showing the flood situation at Lincoln Road. PHOTO: PUB

SINGAPORE - A heavy downpour caused flash floods in several areas in Singapore on Friday (Dec 11) afternoon.

At about 1.25pm, the Public Utilities Board sent out an alert on its Twitter account that there were flash floods at Thomson Road but traffic was passable.

PUB issued a warning cancel at 2.27pm as the heavy rain has subsided. By 2.50pm, almost all the flash floods have cleared.

Several other areas, including Boon Keng Road and Veerasamy Road, also saw some flooding.

The heavy downpour also caused parts of Bishan shopping mall Junction 8 to be flooded.

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