Bengaluru can take cues from Japan’s underground flood tunnels, China’s sponge cities, to tackle its recurring flood woes, an ...

People can visit the flood protection facility in Kasukabe, which safeguards Tokyo and has shafts large enough to fit the ...

Japanese weather officials are forecasting extremely heavy rain with thunder in western and eastern parts of the country ...

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About 20 percent of Japan’s population resides in areas that are at risk of flooding when heavy rain causes rivers to overflow, according to a recent Asahi Shimbun analysis. The number has ...

His destination: a type of storm known as an atmospheric river, which was developing off the coast of Japan ... rain or snow and is dumped on the ground – where it can bring devastating floods ...

This is the fourth time in the last 160 years such a “spectacular” event has occurred, officials said. It is expected to ...