Vehicle plates 'nicely placed' at side of Balmoral Road after flash flood: 'Quite funny'
National water agency PUB issued flood risk warnings as many areas of Singapore experienced heavy rainfall on Dec 9 afternoon.
A woman was amused by an unusual sight after a flash flood at Balmoral Road.
The Stomper shared 25 photos of vehicle plates on the grass next to the road following the afternoon downpour.
"We all know there was a flash flood at Balmoral Road," said the Stomper. "What happened after was quite funny and interesting.
"All the car plates were nicely placed along the side of the road. After almost every few steps was a car plate."
PUB had issued flood risk warnings for nearly 20 locations, including in Bukit Timah and Toa Payoh, as well as western and central areas such as Choa Chu Kang and Chinatown.
Flash floods occurred along Dunearn Road and Bukit Timah Road near King Albert Park from around 5pm due to high water levels in the adjacent drains and Bukit Timah Canal, said PUB in a Facebook post.
PUB added that its Quick Response Teams were deployed ahead of the rain and later closed off affected lanes, directing traffic away from floodwaters.
The flash floods subsided within 20 minutes.
Stomper Hasni, Anonymous and AJ shared videos of vehicles ploughing through floodwaters at Commonwealth Avenue, Balmoral Road and Bukit Timah Road outside Cluny Court.
The heaviest rainfall of 134.6mm was recorded in central Singapore from 3.15pm to 5.25pm. This amount lies within the top 1 per cent of maximum daily rainfall records since 1978.
PUB said: "The Bukit Timah area is prone to flooding, and drainage improvement works have been carried out along Bukit Timah Canal and the Bukit Timah First Diversion Canal over the past decade.
"There are also ongoing works to widen and deepen a 900m stretch of Bukit Timah Canal (from Rifle Range Road to Jalan Kampong Chantek) as a long-term measure to enhance flood protection in the area, which will be completed by 2026."
Heavy rainfall can be expected during this period due to the prevailing northeast monsoon. Sudden and intense storms can temporarily overwhelm our canals and drains, causing localised flash floods, which typically subside within an hour.
