Heavy rains trigger flash flood alerts, large tree toppled in Tampines

PUB issued another advisory at about 10.40am, regarding heavy rains from 10.35am to 11.15am.

TREE COLLAPSES NEAR TAMPINES HDB BLOCK

Following heavy rain in the area, a large tree collapsed near the entrance of a multi-storey carpark at Tampines Street 82. When CNA arrived at the scene, workers were breaking down the tree with chainsaws.

A resident living near the carpark claimed there was a “prolonged” cracking sound that could be heard from the upper levels of her block at about 9.30am.

“While the storm was getting really intense at that point, I literally heard the loud crack, it was a prolonged crack,” said the woman, who declined to be named. She added that she saw the fallen tree when she looked out the window.

Resident Allan Yeo said he was sleeping when the tree fell and did not hear any loud sounds.

“I woke up to my mum calling me and she (gestured for) me to come over to the window, then we saw that the whole tree fell,” the 26-year-old said. 

“At that point, workers were starting to come to clear the (tree), the leaves and everything away. (Luckily) it didn’t hit anything that too significant,” he said, adding that it was fortunate no one was hit or injured.