Tampines resident captures photo of Wednesday's waterspout

Heavy rain and wind swept through Singapore yesterday (Jan 31).

Several trees across the island fell and winds even sent a dumpster and dinghies flying in the air at East Coast Park.

Stomper Muhammad Idlan saw a waterspout from his home at Block 726 Street 71 yesterday.

The waterspout may or may not be the same that was seen coming through the National Sailing Centre yesterday between 4 to 5pm.

Yesterday 31 Jan, at around 4.10pm, a waterspout or a rotating column of winds associated with an intense thunderstorm was observed over the sea off the east coast of SG. It weakened as it neared the coast but still brought strong winds to East Coast Park. https://t.co/tVUEJNnfTa

— NEA (@NEAsg) February 1, 2018

Mr Rohaizan, an Assistant General manager at the centre who witnessed the incident told Stomp that a "spiralling" wind swept through the dinghies causing them to fly into the air.

He added that each dinghy is constructed of fibreglass and weighs about 60kg.

He estimates the damage caused by the storm to be in the hundreds.