120 injured as heavy snow falls on eastern, northeastern Japan

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120 injured as heavy snow falls on eastern, northeastern Japan

_http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/heavy-snow-blankets-eastern-northeastern-japan

TOKYO —Heavy snow fell in parts of eastern and northeastern Japan early Monday, with snowfall reaching 6 centimeters in downtown Tokyo, resulting in injuries to more than 100 people and disruptions to transport.

Snowfall caused around 120 injuries, according to a Kyodo News tally. In Tokyo alone, over 40 people were taken to hospitals.

The snow temporarily brought bullet train services on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line to a crawl and caused suspensions of limited express trains connecting Tokyo and Nagano, and cancellations of more than 160 domestic flights. The Chuo Expressway was closed in some areas of Nagano and Yamanashi prefectures.

Over the 24 hours through 6 a.m. Tuesday, up to 80 cm of snow is forecast to fall in the Tohoku region, 60 cm in Hokkaido, Hokuriku and Tokai areas and 40 cm in the Kanto-Koshin region, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

 

[Joe]

One wonders what the nature of these injuries were. Traffic accidents I presume, because otherwise it sounds like there was some pretty big flakes falling! :D

 

[Pierre]

One wonders what the nature of these injuries were. Traffic accidents I presume, because otherwise it sounds like there was some pretty big flakes falling! :D

Yes traffic accidents and pedestrians falling on the ground.

It makes one wonder what will happen when snowfalls reach several meters

 

[liffy]

Well, that's kinda weird. I would've thought people in northern Japan were somewhat used to snowfall.

 

[loreta]

This is very strange. Japan receive snow ( I don't know if in the city) but as big as this, this is strange... So signs of the times again. The big numbers of hurt people it is surely because the city was not ready for the snow. No salt on the streets... It came maybe suddenly?

 

[Siberia]

One wonders what the nature of these injuries were. Traffic accidents I presume, because otherwise it sounds like there was some pretty big flakes falling! :D

Yes traffic accidents and pedestrians falling on the ground.

It makes one wonder what will happen when snowfalls reach several meters

It can reach several meters in the mountains, fwiw:

So you think you have snow?

Check out the Japanese Alps in Honshu, Japan’s largest island, where plows open winter roads by digging through 56 feet of snow:

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