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Singapore safe from typhoons? One struck just 50km off island
2001 occurrence among near misses, natural disasters here researchers hope to learn from
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A photo taken in 2018 showing a heavy downpour along North Bridge Road in City Hall.
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Timothy Goh
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Think Singapore is immune to disasters? Researchers from the Nanyang Technological University have found that the Republic had endured, in total, more than two dozen natural disasters and civil emergencies since World War II, and faced several near misses as well.
Singapore, they said, needs to learn from what almost happened in the past to prepare itself for the future.
