Lynda Hong/Liang Kaixin Channel NewsAsia 1 Aug 10;
SINGAPORE : Seventeen trees were uprooted in the early hours of Sunday morning, while another 26 trees had branches blown off by gusty winds of about 77 km/h, according to the National Parks Board (NParks).
Of these, eight trees were not managed by NParks.
NParks contractors quickly cleared the fallen trees and branches within the hour, or pushed them to the road verges to be cleared later.
One fallen tree at Jalan Mutiara near River Valley Road hit the boundary wall of a condominium. And a parked car nearby also sustained some scratches.
And over at Burlington Square near Bugis Junction, a restaurant owner recounted what he saw when he approached his restaurant on Sunday morning.
Nayan Patel said: "When I was here, the storm threatened to uproot two trees. The two trees were badly damaged and their branches were falling off. Fortunately it did not happen in the day. So no one was injured." - CNA/ms
