‘Flood, flood, go away’

We cannot make the rain go away. But surely, there must be something we can do about the floods.

The habagat (south-west monsoon) and storms are back with a vengeance after a prolonged drought. But nothing much is read or heard about finding the solution to this perennial problem of flooding, which has again reared its ugly head, harassing thousands of city commuters on their way home after work on Friday night, and again on Saturday.