Flash Flood in Orchard

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昨日の午前中オーチャード界隈で大雨が降って一帯が洪水になっていたようです。6月の降水量の60％が数時間に集中したみたいで排水能力を遥かに越えた豪雨だったようです。

Losses 'in the millions'「被害総額数百万ドル」 The Straits Timesの当該記事の見出しです。以下に記事を引用しておきます。あの辺りの地下駐車場にクルマを停めていたらアウトだったかもしれません。

FROM handbags costing thousands of dollars to $10 toiletries, a wide range of wares was destroyed in a flash by the flood that hit Orchard Road yesterday.

Add to that the cost of furnishings and equipment, and retailers say they are looking at millions of dollars in losses.

Among the worst-hit stores were luxury goods retailer Hermes, apparel house Massimo Dutti and three-day-old fast-food restaurant Wendy's, all at Liat Towers.

But stores at Lucky Plaza - including a Watsons outlet and a myriad of shops stocking everything from mobile phones to computer peripherals - also suffered heavy losses.

Retailers there said it was the worst instance of flooding they had seen in years, adding that they should know - the basement of the building floods every year, they said.

Some said they had lost between $8,000 and $10,000 worth of goods.