1978 Singapore flood

Seven people were killed^[2] and more than a thousand residents were evacuated from their homes by the army and police boats from four affected areas.^[3] The youngest death was a 10-year-old primary school boy who had fallen into a flooded drain.^[2]

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.^[4]

There were reportedly 200 pig carcasses located in the Kallang River.^[5]