Huge underground drainage system prevents flood damagae

Huge underground drainage system prevents flood damagae

TOKYO, Japan - A 4.5 kilometer-long and 12.5 meter-diameter tunnel runs some 40 meters under the No. 7 beltway in Tokyo's Nakano and Suginami wards.

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