Snowfall causes traffic disturbance in Japan

The cold air pouring into Japan this winter continues to create a heavy snowfall in the coastal areas of the Pacific and some provinces that look to the Japanese sea on January 28.

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Narita Airport is covered with white snow

The snow fell due to the cold air left over from the weekend that caused Narita airport in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo to shut down two runways to clean up the snow cover and two airlines were forced to transfer flights to nearby Haneda Airport and Kansai Airport in Osaka, Western Japan.

According to the Aviation Service Center Narita, the airport is covered with 8cm of snow around 8-10 am January 28.

9 am January 28, the average thickness of snow in Chiba, East Tokyo, is 6cm. Meanwhile, central Tokyo has a slight snowfall in the morning but when the sun rises quickly dissipates, there is no snow cover phenomenon.

Due to the influence of depressions going through the southern edge of the Kanto region, it was morning that part of Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture had snowfall this morning. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, 9 am January 28, the thickness of snow measured in Choshi Street, Chiba Prefecture, is 5cm. Meanwhile, Tokyo's Suginami and Nerima districts have recorded the phenomenon of snowfall.

In Chiba Prefecture, snow covered roads made the road slippery, causing serious accidents that killed at least 1 person while students in 62 public schools in the province were forced to leave school because of time. cold weather.

At 7:50 am on the same day, the road through Shirako town, Chiba Prefecture had a serious accident when a long-slammed truck hit another vehicle circulating in the opposite direction, causing the 80-year-old driver to die. in place.

Meanwhile, another accident happened in the city of Togane in Chiba Prefecture at 6:10 am when a Wagon slid on the road to crash into the people's walls, causing the 42-year-old driver to be seriously injured and comatose. According to statistics of the 'Yomiuri,' Chiba Prefecture alone has 40 people injured while Ibaraki Prefecture has 9 people.