On the night of the 9th, a part of a snow-covered house collapsed in Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture, and a man was found in the house with cardiopulmonary arrest.
Since I haven't been able to contact a man in his 60s at this house, police are proceeding with confirmation as this man.
Before 9 pm on the 9th, a person living in the neighborhood reported to the police that the house of Mr. Kimihiro Ono (64) in Tokamachi, Shinjo City had collapsed due to snow and was not turned on.
When police rushed in, the roof of a wooden one-story house was covered with snow of about 1 meter and 50 centimeters, the central part of the house had collapsed, and one man was found in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest.
According to the police, Mr. Ono lives alone in this house and cannot be contacted.
Police are investigating that the man is Mr. Ono and that he is confirming that the house has collapsed due to the weight of the snow.
According to the Meteorological Observatory, it was snowing intermittently in Shinjo City by the 8th of this month.