How many casualties have been caused by the continuous heavy snowfall in many places in Japan?
Recently, many parts of the world have been affected by the cold wave, with temperatures plummeting. According to reports from foreign media, there have been several heavy snowfalls in many places in Japan. It is really sad to see that the snow is more than one meter thick and more than ten people were killed.
In Japan, after thirty-five years, due to the recent severe cold weather, the snow thickness in some areas of Japan exceeded one meter for the first time. It is really exaggerated. Such a thickness of snow not only affects People's travel, according to media reports, killed more than ten people and also had a significant impact on the local economy.
According to reports from multiple Japanese media, we learned that Japan has experienced nine days of heavy snow. This is the first time in 35 years since 1986 that the snow thickness in the central area of Toyama, Japan, has exceeded 100cm.
We know that the impact of severe weather on humans, even with good medical conditions now, is still inevitably affected by nature. There are reports that a Japanese resident fell down and died when he wanted to clear the snow in front of his house; it was reported that 13 people died in Akita Prefecture, Japan; there was also a male company employee who used a snowplow to clear the sidewalk. While snowing, his hand was seriously injured and he was taken to the hospital.
Because many elderly people at home reported that they could not clear the snow on their roofs by themselves, on January 8, the Japanese government sent a large number of self-defense team members to carry out snow removal work. , focusing on helping elderly families, so that those elderly people do not have to worry at home.
Moreover, the heavy snow weather in recent days has also had a significant impact on Japan's transportation. West Japan Railway Company stated that it may announce the cancellation of the Hokuriku Shinkansen after the evening of January 9. Due to the continuous snowfall these days, traffic jams have occurred on national highways in many places in Japan, including Toyama Prefecture.