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Metro Manila received an average of 483mm of rain over 10 days from the southwest monsoon and tropical cyclones, exposing critical weaknesses in flood infrastructure and raising questions about the quality and oversight of public water management projects.
A major dredging project on Sungai Klang has increased the river's capacity to 22 per cent, substantially lowering flood risks in Selangor. The 56-kilometre widening and deepening initiative is 68 per cent complete and aims to reach 40 per cent capacity when finished.
Heavy overnight rainfall inundated South Korea's Seoul metropolitan area and Gangwon Province, triggering the closure of 10 national parks and resulting in approximately 540 documented instances of property damage.
Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun has urged voters to evaluate the government's concrete efforts to tackle Linggi's chronic flooding problem ahead of the state election, rather than allowing the issue to be weaponised for political advantage.