The cautionary advisories commenced after an actual flash flood inundated the junction of West Coast Road and West Coast Way. PUB utilized social media platform X to alert commuters, first flagging West Coast Way before confirming the intersection was flooded minutes later. The agency subsequently widened its warnings to incorporate critical central thoroughfares, telling drivers to bypass Mackenzie Road near Bukit Timah Road as well as Bencoolen Street.
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Flash flood risks prompted PUB to issue timed travel warnings across western and central…: Flash flood risks prompted PUB to issue timed travel warnings across western and central Singapore roads.
West Coast Way experienced confirmed flooding at an intersection shortly after the first…: West Coast Way experienced confirmed flooding at an intersection shortly after the first agency alert went live.
Commuters heading along Bencoolen Street faced hour-long diversion advisories beginning a…: Commuters heading along Bencoolen Street faced hour-long diversion advisories beginning at 3:00 p.m. that afternoon.
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SINGAPORE - Motorists are advised to steer clear of parts of west and central Singapore owing to flash flood risks, with a junction of West Coast Road and West Coast Way flooding, on the afternoon of Nov 10.
National water agency PUB issued an advisory on social media platform X at 2.27pm alerting motorists to avoid West Coast Way for the next hour.
At 2.35pm, it alerted motorists to a flash flood at the junction of West Coast Rd and West Coast Way, near the Japanese kindergarten.
Motorists were also advised to avoid Mackenzie Rd (near Bukit Timah Rd) for an hour from 2.52pm, and Bencoolen Street for an hour from 3pm, over the risk of flash floods.
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