TOKYO: Heavy snow in northwestern Japan since the weekend has left at least three people dead, stranded hundreds of vehicles on highways, disrupted trains and left thousands of homes without electricity, officials said.
The powerful weather conditions have brought heavy snow to Japan’s northern coastal areas since Saturday, with snow piling up more than two metres high in parts of Niigata, Yamagata and Aomori prefectures.
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