On the morning of the 2nd, a 70-year-old man was found lying in an aqueduct near his home in Ono City, Fukui Prefecture, and subsequently died.
Police are investigating the situation in detail, assuming that a man was alone on the roof and fell.
Around 9:20 am on the 2nd, a neighbor found a man lying down in an aqueduct in Kamiono, Ono City, and notified the fire department.
The man was taken to the hospital but died.
According to police, the person who died was Toshikazu Taniguchi (70), who lives nearby, and about 1 meter of snow was piled up on the roof of the hut on the premises of his house, leaving scoops and the like.
The cause of Mr. Taniguchi's death is currently unknown, but police are investigating the situation in detail, assuming that Mr. Taniguchi went up to a roof about 3 meters high, was snowing alone, and fell.
According to the Fukui Local Meteorological Observatory, at the observation point of Kuzuryu in Ono City, which is about 10 km away from the site, the snowfall as of 9 am on the 2nd was 104 cm, which is more than double the normal snowfall. ..