Singapore thunderstorm

A sudden and heavy thunderstorm woke me up this morning after 7am... I am up for the last 2 hours and it is still lashing rain… Last time it rained it resulted in a considerable flood in the Orchard Area, city’s shopping paradise and a hub of entertainment and artistic events. There was no major property damage or casualties, however the 2-hour morning downpour caused enormous traffic jams in the affected parts of the city and gave the Singapore government work till the end of the day.

Showers in Singapore are more frequent during the northeast monsoon (November to January) and they are also abrupt and rough, but impromptu thunderstorms visit Singapore all year round, apparently… They are manageable though, as the temperatures do not change during showers and never drop below 25ºC during the day and 20ºC at night.

View from our window this morning

At the local train station (Woodlands MRT station 2 day ago)

Orchard Road recent flood (last week)

There you go, two hours since the thunderstorm began, they are reporting floods in certain parts of Singapore on the Channel News Asia… I hope it will stop soon and they have time to clean up the damages, because we have cinema tickets this evening for the Cathay Cineleisure Orchard…