Have you ever thought of people being rescue from stranded cars as flood hits Orchard Road and the day it became Orchard River? Well it actually happened in Singapore, a busy city and a tourist attraction (Orchard Road) The flood was really unexpected.
One had to spend 2 hours driving her car through knee-deep flood water in Newton Road morning. She also racked up a hefty repair bill of possibly up to $15 000 as water had seeped into her car's engine. She was among hundreds of people who were trapped in vehicles or late for work after a massive downpour caused floods in the central areas of Singapore, including Orchard, Newton and Bukit Timah. About 100mm of rain fell in central Singapore between 8am and 11am. The amount of rainfall is more than 60 percent of the average monthly rainfall for June.
The flood took about an hour to subside. A manager took half an hour sloshing through 7cm high water to get from Orchard MRT station to his office. The Orchard MRT underpass was flooded and so was the road along Shaw Centre to Pacific Plaza and resulting to him ran across the road as fast as he could to find some high ground at hopping centres. It was serious as it came to the point that 2 fire engines had to help about 60 passengers get out of 2 SBS Transit double-decker buses and 10 people to leave six cars. The Starbucks cafe at Liat Towers' basement was almost submerged at about 10am.
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