Olympics: Tokyo tests water sprinklers to keep streets cool at 2020 Games

The Tokyo government tested sprinklers on the capital's street on Monday to see how effective spraying water is in countering scorching heat expected during the 2020 summer Olympics it will host.The experiment, conducted on a pedestrian walkway along a road where competitive walking will be held during the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, showed sprinkling water would keep temperatures on the street surface up to around 5 C cooler than the surrounding air temperature.Heat has been a major concern for the games in Japan, where the temperature soared to a record high 41.1 C in July near To…READ FULL ARTICLE