It's a bit like Saudi Arabia with rain, when I went out there for Christmas, a 3hour or so downpour completely flooded the city, and everyone was driving at 10mph with hazards on...true, they had just recovered from a prior, grander flood which killed 200+ but still. The UK complains about ill-spent government revenue - well, its not like the flooding is an uncommon issue in Saudi...pretty much everytime it rains, we get soaked, the drains are just "cosmetic"