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Re:The underground cathedral protecting Tokyo from floods by bencyoung on Monday July 14, 2025 @06:16AM (#44558304)
The Fens in East Anglia in the UK has a lot of interesting pumping tech. The latest can do 100m3/s (https://www.edie.net/st-germans-pumping-station-keeps-fens-f...). If all the pumps failed there would be hundreds of km2 underwater within days or weeks
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Re:The underground cathedral protecting Tokyo from floods by Yeul on Monday July 14, 2025 @11:50AM (#44561597)
In WW2 the Dutch government had to ask the Allies not to bomb any power stations. If left to nature the entire country would disappear in weeks...
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