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Japan : Snowstorm : 2018/02/04
GLIDE: CW-2018-000019-JPN  DRR & Disaster Information

Duration 2018/02/04
Country
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District		 Japan
Name Snowstorm
Outline Heavy snow has hit from northern, central and western Japan since 4 February 2018. So far 18 persons were killed and more than 300 were injured.

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Personal Injury Material Damage Others

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  • Reuters 2018/02/06
    A heavy snowfall in central Japan brought road traffic to a standstill on 6 February, trapping some 1,000 cars.　Snow has reached 1.36 meters (54 inches) in Fukui prefecture, as of 2:00 p.m. (0500 GMT) on 6 February, the heaviest snowfall in nearly four decades in the region, a local meteorological observatory said.