COMMENT | Here we go again! Let the flood season stories begin and I can’t help but feel like we’re just watching reruns of old shows on a classic television channel or streaming platform.

Year after year, decade after decade, we see and read the same stories over and over. Yet, we still don’t do anything about it.

It plays out the same every year. The first stories we see will be reports of heavy rains and rising river waters. Then we start seeing videos and photos of water flowing into the front gates and doors of houses, which is usually followed by social media postings of cars door-deep in water in the cities and towns.

Of course, the cities and towns are the same too, usually in Kelantan, Terengganu, Johor, etc.

Then, our political leaders will release statements of how they have ordered the different assets available to fully focus on the rescue and evacuation efforts.

The authorities will also start...