Flash floods ease in Holland, Bukit Timah after heavy downpour
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Thundery showers over parts of Singapore on some afternoons had been forecast for the first half of May by the Meteorological Service Singapore.
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SINGAPORE – A heavy downpour on the afternoon of May 5 caused flash floods in Woollerton Drive in the Holland area and King’s Road in Bukit Timah at around 2pm.
National water agency PUB reported the floods on social media platform X, and said its officers were deployed to assist those in the areas.
The waters subsided before 2.25pm, based on PUB alerts.
Earlier in the day, PUB had warned of potential flash floods in several parts of Singapore, including the two flooded areas and Margaret Drive in Queenstown.
It advised the public to avoid the areas for at least an hour because of flash flood risks.
The National Environment Agency in an alert on its website said heavy rain was expected over southern, eastern and central areas of Singapore from 1.20pm to 2pm on May 5.
Thundery showers over parts of Singapore on some afternoons had been forecast for the first half of May by the Meteorological Service Singapore.
The bad weather drenched the morning of May 3, when more than two million Singaporeans turned up
