{"id":53400,"date":"2026-05-18T19:18:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53400"},"modified":"2026-05-18T19:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:18:41","slug":"avoid-areas-in-ubi-geylang-due-to-risk-of-flash-floods-pub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53400","title":{"rendered":"Avoid areas in Ubi, Geylang due to risk of flash floods: 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\u00a0<!-- -->Motorists are advised to avoid areas in Ubi and Geylang amid a deluge on the afternoon of May 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Steer clear of Ubi Avenue 1, from Ubi Avenue 2 to Ubi Road 3,<!-- --> for the next hour owing to the risk of flash floods, <!-- -->national water agency PUB said at<!-- --> about 2.40pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Motorists should also avoid <!-- -->Ubi Avenue 3 and the junction of Geylang Road and Lorong 1 Geylang<!-- --> for the next hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The weatherman had forecast short, thundery showers in the afternoon over parts of Singapore\u00a0for the rest of May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The Meteorological Service Singapore said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/short-thundery-showers-warm-weather-expected-in-singapore-till-end-of-may?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">Sumatra squalls may bring thundery showers and gusty winds<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in the pre-dawn hours and morning on a few days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Some thundery showers may also extend into the evening on some days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The total rainfall for the last two weeks of May is forecast to be near the long-term average across most parts of Singapore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/avoid-areas-in-ubi-geylang-due-to-risk-of-flash-floods-pub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013\u00a0Motorists are advised to avoid areas in Ubi and Geylang amid a deluge on the afternoon of May 18. Steer clear of Ubi Avenue&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}