Can you sue the government because your house flooded?

Can you sue the government because your house flooded?

50 Taman Sri Muda residents did. And they won.

One of the government’s defences was that the 2021 floods were an “act of God.”

But the High Court made an important distinction: the government can’t control the rain, but it can still be held responsible if failures in flood management and emergency response make the damage worse.