Twelve people died in eight prefectures from all over Japan and at least 158 were injured Following the intense snowfalls that have taken place in different parts of the country Since last February 4, when the most intense cold wave of winter began in the Asian country.
The front caused strong rainfall since the beginning of last week, mainly in the north and in mountainous areas of the western coast of the archipelago, where They reached record levels in some cases exceeding 1.2 meters accumulated in less than 24 hours.
The Fire and Catastrophic Management Agency of the Ministry of Interior and Communications made public this Wednesday while urging citizens to “Extreme precautions“When they perform snow -withdrawal tasks and other activities whose risk increases in current conditions.
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The Minister of Disaster Management, Manabu Sakai, asked the population, in a press conference, to be careful with the snow that falls from the roofs and, that when I clean it, do not do it alone, but be accompanied.
During the last week accidents were very common as Snow falls from roofs and detachments.
Dozens of people were evacuated on Wednesday by helicopter, three days after being stranded in several hotels of hot springs in the city of Fukushimain the northwest of Japanby snow avalanches that keep access by road.
Basic services in the premises, such as electricity, gas and water, continue to function normally, According to the authorities, but given the possibility that the isolation could be extended, they decided to transport by helicopter to those who expressed their desire to return to their homes.
Until 14:00 local time in Japan, 3 people had died in the prefecture of Niigata2 in those of Fukushima y Shimane and 1 in those of Yamagata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui y Nagano; Some of the most affected by the strong snowfall occurred in recent days.
Con injured From north to south of the country, the prefectures with the greatest accumulated number were those that are located on the coast of the sea of Japan such as Niigata (37 people), Yamagata (33 people), Toyama (22 people) and Fukui (19 people).
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