Flooding evidence of human activities

I REFER to the article “Are natural disasters man-made?” (Starbizweek, Nov 11). I fully agree with the views of the writer, Tan Sri Andrew Sheng, as over the past few years, we have indeed seen major floods happening more frequently in our country.

As a citizen, it is utterly frustrating to see that despite these severe floods, we can still see forests on the upper slopes of hills, which are prone to soil erosion, being cleared and there seems to be no sign that this will stop in the near future.