More than 100 guests stranded by snow avalanche at Japanese hot-spring resort


Supplied photo shows a road in the Tsuchiyu Onsen area in Fukushima blocked by an avalanche on Feb. 10, 2025. - Photo: Kyodo

FUKUSHIMA, (Japan): (Bernama-Kyodo) Over 100 people were stranded in two hotels in a hot-spring resort area in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, after a snow avalanche blocked the roads, officials said Monday (Feb 10).

According to Kyodo News Agency, the avalanche occurred at around 4am in the Tsuchiyu Onsen district, located in a mountainous area in the southwest of the city of Fukushima.

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