AUSTRALIAN Dave Griffiths and a fellow worker
                 stopping work as storm clouds gathered above on
                 Thursday afternoon.

                 The workers, from K2 Specialist Services, a
                 company that specialises in the cleaning of difficult
                 structures, were atop a building in the Tanjong Pagar
                 area and were among the first to witness the fury of
                 the storm that day.

                 The Ministry of the Environment said the heavy
                 rainfall coincided with a high tide of 2.8 m and caused
                 floods in areas like Braddell and Upper Thomson
                 roads.

                 A gauge at MacRitchie Reservoir recorded 166 mm
                 of rain over 1-1/2 hours.

                      Adapted from The Straits Times, 8 Apr 2000.