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Japan: Rare heavy snowfall hits Tokyo

 




Tokyo is dressed in white, where the roads are covered with snow today, a rare
phenomenon in recent years, which has resulted in the cancellation of more
than 100 domestic flights.




The Japan Meteorological Agency warned that up to 10 centimeters of snow could
fall in 12 hours, while it issued an alarm for the wider area of ​​the
Japanese capital, the first since 2018, announcing heavy snowfall.



An official at Haneda Airport, one of Tokyo's two airports, told AFP that 118
domestic flights had been canceled, without being able to say how many
passengers had been affected.




No international flights have been canceled so far, another official said.



There have been delays on some of Tokyo suburban services, the JR East
Railways announced on its website.



The snow started to fall around noon local time and by 15.00 local time in the
afternoon, the height had already reached 5 cm, while the thermometers were
showing below 0 degrees Celsius.


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