SINGAPORE — A flash flood hit Dunearn Road on Thursday (July 20) morning as parts of Singapore received 82 per cent of July's average monthly rainfall in less than four hours.
In the western parts of Singapore, 120.2mm of rain fell from 7.40am to 11.30am, the Public Utilities Board said in a Facebook post.
Two traffic lanes were closed temporarily as a precautionary measure, but the road remained passable to traffic. The flash flood subsided within 15 minutes. Several flash flood risk warnings were issued by PUB on Thursday, in areas such as Toa Payoh and Gul Circle.A photo on Facebook page SG Road Vigilante showed a long line of cars passing through a flooded traffic lane at Rifle Range Road near Bukit Timah Canal.
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