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Weeks of snow and bitter cold have turned deadly across Japan. Mountains of snow have buried entire buildings, and now officials have called in soldiers to battle the pileups and free people trapped in their homes.
Snowfall in Aomori reached a depth of 167 centimeters (about 65 inches), according to Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA), a record accumulation for January since 1945.
Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency says harsh winter conditions and snow-related accidents over the last 14 days have left 27 people dead.
Among the victims was a 91-year-old woman who was found buried beneath a three-metre-high pile of snow outside her home, News.Az reports, citing
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Death toll from heavy Japan snow hits 30
TOKYO — Unusually heavy snow in Japan has been blamed for 30 deaths in the past two weeks, officials said Tuesday, including a 91-year-old woman found under a three-meter pile outside her home. The central government has deployed troops to help residents in Aomori,
Prefectures in northern Japan have received much more snowfall than usual. Snow is still falling in coastal areas along the Sea of Japan, due to a winter pressure pattern and an overhead cold air mass.
It is thought that the Japan sea Polar air mass Convergence Zone (JPCZ) — an area over the Sea of Japan where various air flows converge and clouds heavy with ice crystals accumulate — is bringing intense snow to regions of the country near the Sea of Japan.
The Japan Meteorological Agency has forecast snowfall of up to 70cm in parts of the Hokuriku region and 60cm in the Kansai area by Friday, with temperatures plunging to as low as -23C in the northern districts.
Heavy snow continued to fall in areas along the Sea of Japan coast on Saturday, with the country's weather agency warning of transpor
Nearly 7,000 people stranded at airport in northern Hokkaido prefecture as many flights were canceled due to severe weather - Anadolu Ajansı
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Japan's heavy snow death toll hits 30
Soldiers and swarms of snow ploughs battled to clear record-breaking snow that has buried northern Japanese cities as the death toll from winter storms ticked up to 30 people on Tuesday (Feb 3). In Aomori,
OpenSnow, a popular weather forecasting service for snow reports, has launched a snow forecast for Japan. Japan often attracts skiers from Colorado and across the U.S. due to its massive amounts of snowfall and