Tokyo - The snow was very heavy casualties in Japan. Reported a resident was killed and about 900 others were injured in various incidents that triggered the heavy snow.
Low pressure systems, or so-called 'bomb cyclone' by local media, triggering snow as thick as 8 cm in 9 hours. The Japan Meteorological Agency noted, this snowfall as the worst since January 2006.In the area of Yokohama, snow thickness reached 13 cm. Meanwhile, in the mountainous area around Tokyo, snow thickness reached 30 cm. Similarly, as reported by Channel News Asia on Tuesday (15/01/2013).
This snowfall casualties in the city of Shiojiri, Nagano prefecture, Japan. According to a spokesman for the local fire department, a 71-year-old man killed by falling into open drains, while shoveling snow at his home.While national television, NHK, reported at least 891 people in Tokyo and surrounding areas, suffered injuries due to this snow. Most of the injured are senior citizens slipping on snowy streets or the riders who had accidents due to slippery roads due to snow.
Heavy snowfall also trigger termination of the local railway operations for a while. For now, only some train service is back in operation.
Transport air line also experienced disruption due to heavy snow this. Local airlines such as All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines was forced to cancel 37 scheduled domestic flights and delayed dozens of others throughout the flight on Tuesday (15/1). The airline declared local, international flight operations were not affected at all by the snowfall this.
Meanwhile, on Monday (14/1) yesterday, a total of more than 460 scheduled domestic flights were canceled by a number of airlines at Haneda Airport, Japan. Approximately 3,400 people stranded overnight at Narita Airport, Tokyo as a result of this delay.
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