Flash floods hit parts of Bukit Timah as heavy downpour blankets island

SINGAPORE – Flash floods have occurred in the following areas in Bukit Timah on the afternoon of Sept 22, with national water agency PUB advising the public the avoid these areas:

• King’s Road, from Prince Road to Lutheran Road

• Coronation Road, from Prince Road to Bukit Timah Road

There were among several areas PUB had said on X earlier the same afternoon that the public should avoid due to the risks of flash floods.

In several posts on X, the agency said the areas at risk of flash floods for the next hour are:

• From 4.41pm: Junction of Gul Circle and Gul Avenue

• From 4.43pm: Junction of Craig Road and Tanjong Pagar Road

• From 4.46pm: Watten Drive

• From 4.47pm: King’s Road, from Prince Road to Lutheran Road

• From 4.52pm: Hillcrest Road (Watten Rise to Dunearn Road)

• From 4.54pm: Cluny Park Road from Jln Kembang Melati to Bukit Timah Road

• From 4.55pm: Junction of Commonwealth Lane and Commonwealth Drive

• From 4.58pm: Junction of Queen’s Road and Lutheran Road

• From 5.03pm: Coronation Road

• From 5.08pm: Punggol Way (slip road to TPE)

PUB had initially warned that heavy rain was expected over many areas of Singapore from 4.30pm to 5.30pm.

In its fortnightly weather forecast on Sept 16, the Meteorological Service Singapore said more showers are expected in the second half of September compared with the first.