Poor drainage led to flooding

A women wades through flooded road after heavy rain in Sibu.

KUCHING: The flash floods that hit southern Sarawak earlier this year were due to drainage issues, it has been confirmed.

In a series of presentation by Local Government Minister Senator Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian said floods in February and mid May were storm water related – not river flooding as was the case in 2009, 2004, 2003 and 1963.