If it were Jakarta the whole city would have been flooded by now and it would be another emergency situation. This Saturday morning started all fine but the skies became darker and darker until it began to pour shortly before midday. It lasted for an hour or so. This is typical equatorial weather. Unpredictable. Flash floods. Thunderstorms. Fortunately, the drainage system is quite good in Singapore except in a few places like the road at the level of the bus stop just below my apartment (above picture). You know how exciting it always is to see Mother Nature going wild when you're watching from a distance. People crossing the flooded streets with water at high knee levels. Motorbikes getting stranded in the middle of that paddle. Buses dropping passengers at the center of this mess. Hardly 30 minutes after and everything is back to normal and the water already has receded.
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