The Rainiest Place On Earth

The cut from "trees are incredibly effective at preventing landslides" to the saw and deforestation was 10/10. Great editing!

The fact the entire warehouse can move and reconnect to a its water supply is incredible.

The most insane thing from this that I learned was that Tokyo has a massive underground network for flooding. It looks so colossal, I can't imagine how eerie it must feel to be down there. Also for someone who clearly doesn't speak English a lot, that Japanese man did a great job. Most Japanese people don't attempt to pronounce "L" as they don't use it in Japanese, but he did and I appreciate it.

The footage of all those houses being destroyed in seconds is so scary. The screams from that man gave me chills.

In Denmark we're currently experiencing the results of a man made earth slide, where tons of toxic earth started shifting after heavy rains. Threatening to bury the town of Ølst under 5 meters of earth. The reason? A company was permitted to build a mountain of contaminated earth on top of a special type of clay that becomes slippery like soap when wet. (Not sure if it's the same as "quick clay") - But a country with no mountains having a legitimate and dangerous earth slide is wild.

Mythbusters needed this place when testing walking vs running in the rain :D

Holt was the most precipitation recorded in 1 hour (305mm - 12in), but the most violent ever recorded occurred in 1970 in Guadeloupe, France. 38mm - 1.5in of precipitation were recorded in 1 minute. That's a 2280mm/h or 90in/h pace.

This is truly a marvel of modern science. The work being done at this Japanese facility is indispensable for disaster management and research. It's fascinating how much we can learn from simulating extreme weather conditions. Kudos to the dedicated scientists working tirelessly to keep people safe.

When we moved to Japan we recieved this nice pamphlet from the city, listing all the potential natural disasters (eartquake, tsunami, heavy rain, tyfoons, landslide, flooding, and fire) and what to do in case they happened. Including a list of all emergency supplies you were expected to have for your household, easily accessible in a rucksacks ready for a fast evacuation at any moment. Not sure wether to be terrified or reassured!😅

I spent a week in Yakushima several years ago and remember being surprised at how much it rained there. It rained even more than in my hometown which is prone to hurricanes. Now it makes sense why.

Being from the UK rain was never more than a mild inconvenience for me until one day which started nice and sunny, my girlfriend and i were in a park having a picnic when all of a sudden the weather turned and immediately began a downpour unlike i've ever seen, the rain was so heavy and cold that we could barely breathe and we were now on a completely waterlogged field with lightning striking around us. The rain was also so heavy that we could not see 20ft in front of us so we lost track of where we were going and ended up far off track from the building we were heading towards for safety. It was terrifying, ever since then i have never underestimated how dangerous rain can really be when it gets heavy.

The most rainfall ever recorded within one hour was actually 402mm which occured on the 3rd of July 1975 at Shangdi, Nei Monggol, China.  The 305mm record at Holt occured over the course of 42minutes (equivalent to a 435mm/hr intensity). However, the most intense rainfall recorded occurred in 1970 at Barot, Guadeloupe where 38mm was recorded within a 1-minute duration (equivalent to 2280mm/hr intensity).

2:35 to 2:40 is the best show of the amount of rainfall here. You can see a hole in the water at his feet from the umbrella. Never seen anything like that before and it looks crazy.

My respect for Japan has increased 1000 folds the way their scientists and government are trying to save their citizens 🙇‍♂️ This video and the earthquake one prove the effort they put into saving lives of their citizens. ❤

Originally, the rainiest place on Earth is Maysynram, India. Located in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district, Mawsynram is celebrated as the wettest place on Earth, receiving so much rain that its average annual rainfall reaches a staggering 11,871 millimeters. As an Indian, I can assure you that the place is really beautiful. It's worth unraveling, it's beyond just rain.

Great to see this channel flourish! Welcome back to Australia, Derek! As someone who grew up in Watsons Bay, I immediately recognised where this shot ( 2:04 )was made from 😊

SLIPPERY VS FRICTION The soil particles aren't more slippery, they just aren't being pushed together as hard. It's like applying an upward force to a couch in order to make it slide more easily, the floor and couch aren't more slippery, but there is less friction.

This video goes great with Practical Engineering video "Do Droughts make Floods Worse" where he goes into how soil absorption affects flooding.

Decreasing friction is what I would call making something slipperier, idk tho

12:40 WOW!!! BEAUTIFUL TIME LAPSE. I like how you showed that a natural and gradual change like the bends in a river weren't even forming in comparison to how quickly the forests got leveled and developed upon.