Flooding at Tanah Merah MRT station entrance throughout heavy rain on Saturday

SINGAPORE – Water from a close-by development website brought about flooding on the entrance of Tanah Merah MRT station through the downpour on Saturday afternoon, rail operator SMRT mentioned.

Movies circulating on social media confirmed commuters wading by ankle-high water on the entrance of the station in New Higher Changi Street.

“On Nov 12 at round 3pm, water from a development website subsequent to Tanah Merah MRT station brought about flooding on the entrance of the station,” mentioned SMRT Trains president Lam Sheau Kai.

“Our employees labored with cleaners and the development website staff to clear the water instantly,” Mr Lam mentioned in an e-mail to The Straits Instances.

“For the security of commuters, our employees had been additionally mobilised to information them away from the affected space,” he mentioned, noting the water was cleared by round 5pm.

SMRT is working with the development website supervisors to stop the state of affairs from recurring, he added.

Prepare service was not affected.

In a Fb submit, nationwide water company PUB warned that there was a danger of flash floods in a number of components of the island on Saturday afternoon, with water ranges in drains reaching 90 per cent in areas reminiscent of Jalan Boon Lay, Lorong Gambir and Bedok Canal close to Higher Changi Street.

The weatherman mentioned on Nov 1 that Singapore had the wettest October in 40 years, and the wet spell was set to proceed into the primary two weeks of November, with thundery showers anticipated on most days.