Japan Heavy Snowfall: The coastal and mountainous areas of the Japan Sea are continuously taking snowfall due to powerful cold air mass and winter pressure patterns, which has increased significantly of snow, which has led to widespread disruption in people's lives.

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The news agency Xinhua said on Sunday that heavy snowfall has passed in western Japan and the Kanto-Koshin region, however in northern and eastern Japan, especially towards Japan Sea, intermittent snowfall is expected to continue. According to reports, according to the forecasts, there will be additional snowfall till Monday morning, and especially in northern and eastern Japan, there will be strong winds and high waves will rise. In view of the continuous deteriorating weather, the authorities are warning of avalanche, traffic disruption, power cuts, trees fall and other snowfall events.

Japan Meteorological Agency keep warning residents about road hazards, snowstorms, avalanche, ivalanche, ice accumulation and warns about the threats from high waves.

By Sunday afternoon, the ice depth had reached 314 cm in the wool city of Nigata province and 310 cm in Nisikawa town of Yamagata province.

Some areas have received three to four times more rainfall than the entire annual average. The city of Toyama received 64 cm, Nigata city 26 cm and Vajima city of Ishikawa province of 25 cm.