Downpour during haze: Some Singaporeans alarmed by grey rainwater

While many thought that the heavy rain around Singapore on Thursday (Oct 15) morning would help "wash away" the haze, the resulting grey rainwater sparked concern among some locals.A resident from Ang Mo Kio, surnamed Zhong, told 8World that the three buckets of rainwater she had collected were blackish-grey.Meanwhile, a video uploaded on the Singapore Parents Instagram page also showed several buckets of murky rainwater."When raindrops fall, they pull some pollution particles out of the air," CNA explained in a video on Thursday.But as the haze is made out of fine smoke and pollution particles, the rain may not wash them all away very quickly.Hence, the grey rainwater.After viewing the post of the murky rainwater, some netizens expressed their concern."I pity my lungs now," one wrote.Another said that the water in their fish pond at home had also turned the same colour.