Diplomatic Courier writer Stephanie Gull brings you three under–the–radar stories from Oceania and southeast Asia: Singapore flash floods, an Indonesian meal program, and Australia’s coffee dilemma.

Very heavy rainfall on Friday afternoon, among the heaviest downpours in 40 years, caused flash floods in two places in Singapore. The Public Utility Board (PUB), Singapore’s National Water ...

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Major infrastructural and engineering developments have been installed as part of the country's defence against floods. But ...

SINGAPORE — A second monsoon surge is expected ... The Jan 10 to 13 surge saw flash floods, falling trees and temperatures plunging to 21.6 deg C in Newton. A flooded stretch of road in ...

poses challenges in managing flash floods in the future,” said Simone Fatichi, the deputy director of research at the Coastal Protection and Flood Resilience Institute Singapore.

Despite occasional flash floods, Fu noted that most flooding incidents in Singapore are localized and subside within an hour. (1 Singapore dollar equals 0.73 U.S. dollars) ...

Singapore will allocate approximately 150 million Singapore dollars (about 110 million US dollars) for six new drainage upgra ...