According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) on January 11, local time, recently, many places in Japan have encountered heavy snow, and local people have been severely affected.
As of 10 p.m. local time on the 10th, 8 people have been killed in the snow disaster and 277 others have been injured.
According to reports, the snowfall process started on the 7th, causing serious impacts on Japan's Niigata, Fukui, and Toyama prefectures.
Among them, Niigata Prefecture was the most severely affected, with 3 people killed and 112 injured in the local area; 3 people died and 53 injured in Fukui Prefecture; 1 person died and 72 injured in Toyama Prefecture; 1 person died in Ishikawa Prefecture. 38 people were injured; in addition, 2 people in Gifu County were injured.
The picture shows a vehicle trapped in the snow on the Beiku Expressway in Fukui Prefecture, Japan on January 10, local time.
Release time: 2021-01-11 11:13:10 [Edit: Zhai Lu]