Blizzard grabs 19 Life in Japan, 2 killed Freeze

Japan again hit by a blizzard. This time the attack northeastern Japan that was targeted. This incident also claimed lives and caused transport disruption.

Management Agency Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan, as published by CNN on Tuesday (18/02/2014) confirmed, at least 19 cases of deaths caused by the snow storm. More than 365 people were reported injured due to heavy snow.


Because of that snow storm, many Japanese people are trapped. Elderly population in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture isolated in their homes due to the piles of snow as high as 1 meter on Friday, February 14th last.

A highway connecting Gunma and Nagano closed. As a result hundreds of drivers stranded on the road. Japanese news station NHK reported that more than 600 flights were predominantly domestic flights canceled across the country Sakura.

Local police said one of the victims were killed by falling buildings collapsed. In Yamanashi Prefecture, two people froze to death in separate incidents while trying to walk home from the abandoned car because blocking the road.

Train collision on the outskirts of Tokyo station is also caused by the snow train operator Tokyu Corp.. About 20 passengers on the train was injured in the incident light.

Based on the Japanese government reports, more than 5,000 homes can not be accessed because the road is blocked in some mountainous areas Yamanashi, Nagano, Saitama, and Gunma, as well as the western part of Tokyo. Many people who are isolated.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe formed an emergency task force to deal with disaster damage caused by snow. He also ordered his subordinates to take all possible measures to deal with the snow disaster.

This is done to prevent people from freezing to death because they are isolated. He also asked the officers to make every effort to clear the snow on the road about an isolated location, so it can be re-traversed path.

Altitude snow in Tokyo so far about 27 cm in the last few days. Of snow that blanketed the capital a few days after the worst snow fall in recent decades.

The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of the possibility of a snow storm in the northern island of Hokkaido, followed longor. Predicted wind storm is heading north.