The Rainiest Place On Earth

this is the world's largest rainfall simulator located in sucuba Japan I know that it just looks like a warehouse with a lot of sprinklers but this building is incredibly important the science conducted here keeps tens of millions of people safe and it's only becoming more and more vital we were given exclusive access to tour the facility and they even let us experience what it's like to stand under the most intense rainfall ever recorded this is insane no NOP no no no no no no Japan is a land of natural disasters most people will think of earthquakes tsunamis and volcanoes but it also experiences massive typhoons which are like hurricanes that pick up energy from the Pacific Ocean and dump meters of rain on the islands yakushima Island near the southern part of Japan is one of the wetest places on Earth receiving up to 10 m of rain every year for comparison the Amazon rainforest gets only about 3 m of rain per year that's three times less than yakashima Island most of the time rain isn't a problem the water evaporates or seeps into the soil and is then absorbed by plants or enters the underground aquafer systems but too much rain in a short period like after a typhoon can lead to serious problems problems that scientists working at nied use the rainfall simulator to study and hopefully prevent the giant Warehouse is equipped with 550 nozzles attached to the roof the scientists can control the intensity of the rain from 15 mmph to 300 mmph the most rainfall ever measured in 1 hour occurred on the 22nd of June 1947 when 305 mm of rain fell on the town of Holt Missouri so this Warehouse can simulate the most intense rainfall any anyone has ever experienced in a way that makes it the rainiest place on Earth and honestly I'm having a good time here in sunny Australia so I sent veritasium producer Peter in my stad they're going to turn on the rain really soon so I'm running out to uh grab my rain jacket I'm ready wow this is so much rain all around me there is exactly 300 mm of rain falling every hour we've only turned it on about 5 minutes ago and there is just so much rain there's already puddles this is genuinely absolutely wild I ...