The National Parks Board has recorded nearly 140 "tree incidents" so far in 2024.
SINGAPORE – Checks on trees on Sentosa are being stepped up amid changing climate patterns, including a prolonged monsoon season, increased rainfall and other extreme weather events in recent months.
Experts warn that changing weather patterns caused by climate change could lead to more incidents of trees falling or branches snapping. Stronger winds and bouts of more intense rain, for instance, could result in more trees toppling over., the SDC spokesman said. NParks manages about six million trees in Singapore, out of a total of about seven million on the island.
Climate change could also cause erratic rainfall patterns, including longer periods of dry spells and periods of more intense rain. Other than long-term climate change, weather phenomena like La Nina can also result in more rain falling on Singapore.once every six to 24 months under the NParks tree-monitoring regimen, which is based on guidelines by the International Society of Arboriculture.
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