Ms Grace Fu, the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, says that the flash floods that took the country by surprise last Saturday , are a symptom of climate change.
According to the PUB, the country’s national water agency, 161.4 mm of rainfall was recorded in western Singapore from 12.25 pm to 3.25 pm. She added that S$2 billion has been spent on improving the drainage systems all over Singapore in the past 10 years by the PUB. Ms Fu was asked why flash flooding happens in spite of repairs to drainage systems. She answered that weather patterns are changing around the globe as the world has experienced its hottest temperatures in the past few years.
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