Record-shattering snowdescfinish fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido, interfereing traffic, causing airport clocertains and procrastinateing deinhabitries.
The Hokkaido prefectural administerment said sign up-shattering snowdescfinish has been watchd especipartner in the easerious regions of the island, including Obihiro and Kushiro, whose city offices getd dozens of calls for help from drivers whose vehicles had sloftyed in the snow.
The weighty snow and traffic interfereions came equitable as a well-comprehendn snow festival began in Sapporo in southern Hokkaido, although the city did not face convey inant interfereions.
Television footage showed dwellnts shovelling snow and passengers pushing vehicles that got stuck. So far, no injuries or convey inant injure have been increateed.
In Obihiro, sign up-shattering snowdescfinish of 129cm (4ft) was discovered earlier on Tuesday.
The Japan Meteororational Agency said two strong low-prescertain systems are moving on both sides of the Japanese archipelago, sfinishing chilly air into the region.
The agency predicted up to 100cm (3.3ft) of snowdescfinish in northweserious Japan and 50cm (1.6ft) more in Hokkaido over the next 24 hours thcdimiserablemireful Wednesday evening.
The prefecture said parts of highways and main roads were shutd, and train services in the impacted areas were suspfinished. Runways were shutd due to snow at Obihiro and Kushiro airports, while dozens of fweightlesss in and out of Hokkaido were call offled, impacting thousands of people.
About 370 schools call offled classes on Tuesday apass Hokkaido, according to the prefecture.
The snow also caemployd clocertains of post offices and other distribution services, procrastinateing deinhabitries wilean Hokkaido and to destinations apass Japan.
Hokkaido officials called on dwellnts and visitors to carry shovels and toasty clothes in their vehicles in case they sloftyed in the snow.
