{"id":19039,"date":"2025-12-12T16:06:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T08:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=19039"},"modified":"2025-12-12T16:06:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T08:06:35","slug":"public-urged-to-avoid-areas-in-east-coast-woodlands-due-to-flash-flood-risk-pub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=19039","title":{"rendered":"Public urged to avoid areas in East Coast, Woodlands due to flash flood risk: PUB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 Members of the public have been urged to avoid areas in East Coast and Woodlands on <!-- -->Dec 12,<!-- --> owing to the risk of a flash flood occurring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">National water agency PUB put up an alert on social media platform X at about <!-- -->2.42pm<!-- -->, advising the public to avoid Upper East Coast Road, near Parbury Avenue, for the next hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In updates at 3.16pm and 3.25pm, PUB advised the public to avoid Riverside Road in Woodlands and East Coast Road for an hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The National Environment Agency at <!-- -->2.50pm<!-- --> warned of heavy rain expected over many areas of Singapore from<!-- --> 3pm to 4pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The Meteorological Service Singapore said on <!-- -->Dec 1<!-- --> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/thundery-showers-on-most-afternoons-in-first-two-weeks-of-december?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">thunder and rain can be expected in the afternoon<\/p>\n<p><\/a> for the first fortnight of December, with moderate to heavy rain possibly extending into the evenings on a few days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Weather\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Weather<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Floods\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Floods<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for PUB\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">PUB<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Meteorological Service Singapore\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Meteorological Service Singapore<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/public-urged-to-avoid-upper-east-coast-road-due-to-flash-flood-risk-pub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 Members of the public have been urged to avoid areas in East Coast and Woodlands on Dec 12, owing to the risk 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