Record-Smashing Snowfall Buries Japan: 1,100+ Cars Stranded, 10,000+ Blackouts
December 17, 2020 Cap Allon
While a record breaking Nor’easter delivers substantial early-season snow to the United States, the island nation of Japan is also being buffeted by unprecedented December accumulations.
A brutally cold air mass dumped record snowfall just north of Tokyo on Wednesday, December 16, reports Nippon TV News 24 Japan, and the flakes are still coming down.
Worst-affected prefectures included Gunma and the mountainous region of Niigata where a record-smashing 128cm (4.2ft) and 113cm (3.7ft) of snow settled, respectively, in only 24 hours. 72-hours totals in these regions have topped 217cm (7.1ft).
https://electroverse.net/record-smashing-snowfall-buries-japan/
