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Heavy snowfall in Japan in a stock image
Honshū Island, the most central of the Japanese archipelago, was hit by record snowfalls between Tuesday and Wednesday. A fast but intensely disturbed passage discharged over 80 cm of fresh snow on the city of Uonuma, near the west coast. Not far away, 30 inches were measured at Nagaoka, 28 inches at Kashiwazaki, all in less than 24 hours.
This caused great inconvenience as several cars were blocked and stranded on the highway network and many power outages occurred. In Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, the weight of the snow caused several light poles to fall. leaves about 20,000 users in the dark.
A new disruption is expected between Thursday and Friday, but is initially a harbinger due to the rise in temperature rain and showers. Sara followed by a temperature drop expected on Friday that will bring the mercury column back to around zero degrees if that is possible Fresh snowfall down to lowland locations, albeit of much lower intensity.