The string of recent disasters should not be written off as just routine bad weather, says CNA's Charles Phang. SINGAPORE: Over the past week, wildfires ripped through southeast Australia , scorching 4,040 sq km – or more than five times the size of Singapore, as one Australian media outlet put into perspective – destroying properties and forcing thousands to evacuate. At the end of last year, deadly floods and landslides also claimed over 2,000 lives and displaced millions more across