Snowstorm strands thousands at Hokkaido airport as flights, trains halted
TL;DR
A severe snowstorm in Hokkaido forced about 7,000 people to spend the night at New Chitose Airport as 56 flights were canceled and over 500 train services suspended, affecting roughly 130,000 people; Sapporo logged a record 54 cm of snowfall for January, with eight snowmobilers initially missing but later found and no injuries reported.
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- 7,000 spend night at Hokkaido airport as heavy snow halts flights, trains japantoday.com
- Record snowfall across Japan leaves 10 dead nhk.or.jp
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- Heavy snow continues to batter northern Japan The Japan Times
- January 26 Japan Weather: Rain/Snow Risks for Retail and Logistics Meyka
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