Japan writes new guidelines for flooded underpasses
An underpass is a road that goes under another road or a railway. When it rains very hard, water can fill the low part of an underpass.
Where rainwater goes and the ground
Science
Grade 4
After the rain, puddles appear all over the schoolyard. If you follow the water and check the slope of the ground with a marble or a length of gutter, you find that water flows from higher places to lower places and collects there. If you compare the soil of the schoolyard with the sand of the sandbox, water soaks in at different speeds: the bigger the grains, the faster it soaks in. That is why the sandbox dries up soon after the rain stops.
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Kushiro road will close early before heavy rain
On September 4, 2026, a road office of Japan's transport ministry announced a new rule for a road in Kushiro. Kushiro is a city in Hokkaido, in the north of Japan.
Monday, September 7, 2026
Heavy rain closes a road in Chiba
A road in Chiba, a city in Japan, is closed because of heavy rain. The road is part of Route 16, a big road in Japan.