Video | Tokyo expands underground tunnels to protect Japanese capital from ‘guerilla downpours’
‘Underground cathedrals’ capture water run-off that would otherwise flood homes above
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Tokyo expands underground tunnels to protect Japanese capital from ‘guerilla downpours’
Tokyo expands underground tunnels to protect Japanese capital from ‘guerilla downpours’
The summer of 2024 was the hottest on record in Japan since 1898, according to the country’s weather agency. The warming trend has led to increasingly frequent violent storms, described as “guerilla downpours”. The trend has forced Tokyo authorities to expand underground tunnels to protect the Japanese capital from catastrophic flooding.