Forecast remains gloomy
Extreme snow masses in Japan – gloomy forecast
Two weeks after a heavy onset of winter, Japan is being warned of new snowfalls. The Japanese weather service has warned of avalanches, icy roads and frozen water pipes.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen According to the weather service, there is a threat of fresh snow in the central Japanese prefectures of Niigata, Ishikawa and Nagano and in western prefectures such as Hiroshima and Shimane.
The masses of snow are already enormous: according to the weather service, five meters of snow were measured in the northern city of Aomori on Monday morning (local time), 3.81 meters in Uonuma in Niigata Prefecture and 3.13 meters in Tadami in Fukushima Prefecture.
The regions on the coast of the Sea of Japan, which separates Japan from Russia and North and South Korea, often experience snowy winters. This year, however, there were record snowfalls in several cities, which led to deaths and traffic disruptions.
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