This chapter explores the ways in which residents of informal settlements have adapted to deal with compounding and cascading disasters in the City of Makassar, Indonesia. Analysing semi-structured interviews, this chapter aims to identify how communities understand and prepare for the most common cascading effects of floods in the region, such as the disruption of electricity and water supply services. The interviews were conducted with communities participating in the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) Program. The findings draw on the lessons from the 2019 extreme flood when the Bili-Bili dam was opened, which caused significant damage to the settlements in the South Eastern part of Makassar as its effects were compounded by local flash flooding. The findings of this chapter contribute to debates that frame natural hazards in the Asia–Pacific as complex and multidimensional phenomena that shape and are shaped by how communities occupy and make sense of their environments.