Singapore: Typhoon Sumatra swept across the Strait of Malacca on Tuesday evening as winds gusting up to 83.2 km per hour hit Singapore, uprooting more than 300 trees, an unprecedented event in recorded history.
According to media reports on Wednesday, the storm moved rapidly across the island from 7 pm to 8.30 pm. The highest wind gust recorded was 144.4 km per hour in Singapore on April 25, 1984.
"More rain is expected in the last week of the month, with thunderstorms mostly likely in the afternoon. Thunderstorms may be widespread and heavy on some of these days," the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) said. "
Tanya Bedi shot a video of the storm as she was walking towards a subway station in Somerset in the city center as the storm approached.
When light drizzle started around 7.20 pm, the 25-year-old man initially did not face any problem, but when the rain turned into heavy rain within seconds, he lost his hearing.
"I'm the kind of person who usually runs (ashamed). But in this case, it was so heavy that everyone was running to the nearest shelter," the Straits Times quoted Bedi, who works in luxury retail, as saying. , which included me." Industry.
"I stood there for about 20 minutes trying to understand what was happening because I'd never seen anything like this in Singapore," she said.
About 30 people were stranded at the same shelter site, he said.
Social media was filled with pictures and videos of uprooted trees in various areas.
The National Parks Board said more than 300 trees were affected in the storm, with branches broken in most incidents.
According to media reports on Wednesday, the storm moved rapidly across the island from 7 pm to 8.30 pm. The highest wind gust recorded was 144.4 km per hour in Singapore on April 25, 1984.
"More rain is expected in the last week of the month, with thunderstorms mostly likely in the afternoon. Thunderstorms may be widespread and heavy on some of these days," the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) said. "
Tanya Bedi shot a video of the storm as she was walking towards a subway station in Somerset in the city center as the storm approached.
When light drizzle started around 7.20 pm, the 25-year-old man initially did not face any problem, but when the rain turned into heavy rain within seconds, he lost his hearing.
"I'm the kind of person who usually runs (ashamed). But in this case, it was so heavy that everyone was running to the nearest shelter," the Straits Times quoted Bedi, who works in luxury retail, as saying. , which included me." Industry.
"I stood there for about 20 minutes trying to understand what was happening because I'd never seen anything like this in Singapore," she said.
About 30 people were stranded at the same shelter site, he said.
Social media was filled with pictures and videos of uprooted trees in various areas.
The National Parks Board said more than 300 trees were affected in the storm, with branches broken in most incidents.
