Discovery Channel Man Made Marvels Kuala Lumpur Flood Control 4/4

Discovery Channel Man Made Marvels Kuala Lumpur Flood Control 4/4
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's Capital, is under siege from flash floods, powerful forces of nature that bring the city to its knees. The source: severe thunderstorms that pound the city for months on end. But Kuala Lumpur is fighting back. A daring construction project will try to bring the mighty floods under control. Massive floodgates across three rivers; six kilometres of canals; giant storage ponds and a state of the art storm water tunnel that doubles as an underground highway. It's a combination that has never been attempted before. If they can pull it off, Kuala Lumpur's flood control system will truly be a man made marvel.

[@markbonham3477]

Quite the undertaking with a lot at stake! Great job and video!

[@jackasshomey]

wonder what procedure they have in place for a Worse Case Scenario situation when a flood warning is issues during a traffic jam caused by an accident that closes off 2 lanes of traffic

[@luccivuitton7463]

They control the release so they just wouldnt open the flood gate until everyone waz out

[@user-fq4hj8yv2z]

That's the worst worst case. Highly improbable but, guess you can only try to evacuate everyone and leave the vehicles behind.

[@legoivan44321]

The whole tunnel: Me: It even works underwater!

[@boomerrob9223]

What provision has been made to clear silt from the roadways when the waters subside?

[@RangerTim28]

Similar to snow removal?

[@luccivuitton7463]

Prostitutes with very large spoons

[@JC_06]

Nice. 👏

[@eangthaingov9923]

Merry Christmas, I suggest use the man made sludge to make the soil solid and place the metal plates around the lake to prevent soil slippage. ETN...

[@fukkyoutube]

that is standard sheet pile what are they talking about?

[@JasonSmith-wp9jm]

It looks the same but its solid and thick

[@thanu9795]

the only one working hard is the low pay worker who have to clean the mud and debris off the tunnel street

[@trysoe71]

Great Asian city!

[@luccivuitton7463]

No it isnt actually

[@taospencer1403]

if they bothered to do all that, they should have put hydro generators in there aswell

[@kezmo12247]

This flood only occour during 2 senario which occors on certain date and time , like the flood only happen during end of year where heavy rain and monsoon are happening

[@unacceptableminority7101]

Great Success!

[@jaquigreenlees]

2 issues with this, the first being, this program should have been broadcast after the project was completed and had been used so success could be shown ( or failure if it failed ) The second, the poster didn't need to break the show into 4 uploads.

[@TheBishop12]

Greta: GLOBAL WARMINGHH! MY CHILDHOOD!! HOW DARE YOU!!! Kuala Lumpur: Hold my $514M Tunnel

[@samirabedi6353]

عمل مدهش

[@ToeCutter454]

why not just do what Japan did and dig out a MASSIVE underground cavity to handle floodwaters? though theirs is designed to deal with Tsunami's which bring a lot more water a lot faster!

[@theshuman100]

doesnt LA have something similar. which is interesting considering both are designed to deal with emergencies while this is for yearly flooding

[@ToeCutter454]

@@theshuman100 LA's wouldn't be anywhere near to scale as Japan's. here's a clip of just how big Japan's is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKGVnWmke66mkKM it's massive!

[@norazmansidiahmed1068]

this is gov project....politicians need money tooo....hahaha

[@benjibyte8612]

Creative engineering vs creative accounting.. they work wonders!!

[@antouanp]

They did not say anything on how they will clean the tunnel from the mud that will be left over after flooding the tunnel.

[@cosminpopescu92]

The guy that usually cleans the office toilets is sent over with a shovel

[@bobjones1131]

Couldn't they just put a better highway up top ?

[@hellohun7331]

If a car was to stall or wreck at the wrong moment, it will be a heck of a ride out.

[@K1ngKenForevs]

Why they didnt just build a higher skyway ? Please enlighten me

[@boomerrob9223]

Lack of space, I would imagine. Same reason cities have subway trains.

[@luccivuitton7463]

Because ur mom

[@jaquigreenlees]

The idea was to stop the flooding of the city as much as possible. traffic easing was secondary.

[@Nitroamek]

What's the name of song from 00:00 to 00:33?

[@JoseJimenez-vw2cw]

Unlimited MONEY was thrown into this project.. No money. . no build.. money money money...but someone is looking at the bottom-line. The profit-reapers.

[@rystrck1967]

This creams disaster. I trust the Japanese tunnels after just watching a documentary on the making and use of them

[@user-fq4hj8yv2z]

You scream-"I haven't paid any attention other than having read the title or thumbnail."

[@bobjones1131]

A multi thousand dollar device that works like a $40 water wheel ?

[@al_habsyi]

6:28 did someone notice the spelling?

[@SneerfulWizard]

😂 do not access the high pressures. You cant handle the pressure.

[@WHIRLWOLF]

Submergible 🤣

[@ArAcHnId777]

I actually checked, the word does exist and would be somewhat correct apparently. It should still be exceed though :D

[@machobunny1]

1:04 WOW. A whole 912 KILOMETERS OF FORCE. God Damn, technical talk really is so cool, huh?

[@MottyGlix]

He didn't say "kilometers;" he said "kilonewtons." Newtons are indeed units of force. What's the big deal?

[@boomerrob9223]

I also heard kilonewtons.