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Weather Discussion => International => Topic started by: Mark on December 21, 2020, 07:10:38 AM

Title: Japan:
Post by: Mark on December 21, 2020, 07:10:38 AM

Rescuers are trying to free more than 1,000 vehicles which have been stranded on a highway for two days after a heavy snow storm struck Japan.

Authorities have distributed food, fuel and blankets to the drivers on the Kanetsu expressway, which connects the capital Tokyo to Niigata, in the north.

The snow, which began on Wednesday evening, has caused multiple traffic jams along the road.

It has also left more than 10,000 homes in the north and west without power.

A Kyodo News report said that there were multiple reports of congestion at different points of the Kanetsu expressway. The gridlock began when a trailer got stuck in snow on Wednesday night.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55359771

Title: Intense snow storm causes 130 car pile-up on Japanese highway
Post by: Mark on January 24, 2021, 05:56:26 PM

Officials in Japan's northern Miyagi Prefecture say a snowstorm that blanketed the region yesterday caused a multi-car pile-up on the Tohoku Expressway that left one driver dead, at least 10 injured and about 200 people stranded in at least 130 vehicles.
A 50km/h speed limit was enforced on the road due to poor visibility and wind speeds of about 100km/h were recorded at the time of the incident, local meteorologists said.
https://www.9news.com.au/wild-weather/fatal-snowstorm-on-japan-highway-leaves-130-cars-piled-up/4a6bdfd7-d44d-4b0d-8d01-42d3aab0fd2c