Cavernous Surge Tank Protects Tokyo From Floods
A massive underground surge tank protects Tokyo from the yearly onslaughts of typhoons and storms, many similar in force to Hurricane Sandy. Full Story: In the lowlying suburbs of Tokyo, an underground pump station protects the capital from flooding. Japan s land ministry says it is the world s current largest solution to flooding. Here is a pump station for the Tokyo Metropolitan Floodway, the end point of a 3. 7 mile (6 kilometer) long network of tunnels, capable of channeling away storm waters at the
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