The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System provides near real-time alerts about natural disasters around the world and tools to facilitate response coordination, including media monitoring, map catalogues and Virtual On-Site Operations Coordination Centre.

Overview

Green flood alert in Singapore Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000
Source: Dartmouth Flood Observatory based on media analysis

See also experimental flood monitoring system for Singapore

Analysis: November 20, 2009: "SINGAPORE: The big clean?up is underway on Friday in many areas across Singapore which were flooded due to the heavy rainfall on Thursday.Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim has said that work is ongoing to improve ...

The flood started on 11/19/2009 and ended on 11/20/2009, with a duration of 2 days. This flood has severity class 2 (i.e. this is an extreme event with an estimated recurrence interval greater than 100 years).

The main cause is Torrential Rain.

The alert score is based on the reported death and displaced. Red = 1000 or more people killed or 800000 or more people displaced. Orange = 100 or more people killed or 80000 or more displaced.

• alert score: 1
• magnitude: 3.5
• duration: 2
• severity: 2
• affected region: 1051 km²

Impact

No reports on damage have been found. The flood affected a region of approximately 1051 km².

Location

For the following locations damage has been reported:

The approximate geographic location of this flood is 1.43 latitude and 103.83 longitude. This is the centroid of the affected area, as determined by the place names mentioned in the media.

Rivers in flood:

Maps (around approximate geographic location)

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