1978 Singapore flood

1978 flood in Singapore 1978 Singapore flood 1978 12 3 y Singapore Heavy rainfall 7 S$10 million The 1978 Singapore flood was one of the worst floods in Singapore's history. As much as 512 mm in of rain fell in just 24 hours from 2 to 3 December 1978.Ong James 26 June 2010 Floods - are we prepared? https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2010/06/26/floods-are-we-prepared/ 24 October 2023 The Online Citizen en-GB 23 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240423180339/https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2010/06/26/floods-are-we-prepared/ dead Casualties Seven people were killed6 December 1978 Flood death toll rises to seven https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19781206-1.2.12 24 October 2023 eresources.nlb.gov.sg and more than a thousand residents were evacuated from their homes by the army and police boats from four affected areas.Kim Seng Yeo 19 January 1987 13 died during three major floods in the last 18 years 17 The Straits Times https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19870119-1.2.27.22 16 November 2023 NewspaperSG The youngest death was a 10-year-old primary school boy who had fallen into a flooded drain. Damage Total damage reached S$10 million, the worst flood since the Hari Raya floods that hit the island in December 1969. 43 buses were badly damaged by the flood.9 December 1978 SBS plan to beat the floods https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newnation19781209-1.2.11?qt=singapore,%20flood&q=Singapore%20flood 24 October 2023 eresources.nlb.gov.sg There were reportedly 200 pig carcasses located in the Kallang River.4 December 1978 THE RAINS HELD OFF AS FLOOD WATERS RECEDED IN ALL PARTS OF … https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/photographs/record-details/a7706a0a-1162-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad 24 October 2023 www.nas.gov.sg References External links National Library Board, Singapore's worst floods, 1999. MINDEF, The Flood of 1978, 7 December 1998. 1978 Singapore Category:1970s floods Category:20th-century floods in Asia Category:1978 natural disasters Category:December 1978 in Asia Category:1978 disasters in Singapore