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Tokyo-bound drivers stranged in snow storm

Tokyo-bound drivers stranged in snow storm The Japan News FacebookTwitterEmail Vehicles are stranded on the Kan-Etsu Expressway at 8 a.m. on Friday near the Yamato rest area in Minami-Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture.Japan News-Yomiuri Northbound traffic resumed early Friday morning on a stretch of the Kan-Etsu Expressway in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, where more than 1,000 vehicles were stranded because of heavy snowfall centering around areas along the Sea of Japan. However, many vehicles remained stuck on southbound lanes heading for Tokyo, so East Nippon Expressway Co. tried to alleviate the situation by directing vehicles to local streets through paths for emergency vehicles.

All stranded cars cleared from snow-hit Japan expressway

All stranded cars cleared from snow-hit Japan expressway Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Vehicles are stranded on the Kanetsu Expressway in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Friday after heavy snow hit a wide area along the Sea of Japan coast. | KYODO Kyodo, JIJI Dec 19, 2020 Niigata – All vehicles that had remained stranded on a long stretch of expressway north of Tokyo due to heavy snow were cleared by late Friday, according to the road’s operator, two days after the congestion first formed.

Cars stranded overnight in Niigata amid heavy snowfall : The Asahi Shimbun

Workers remove snow in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 16. (Ryo Kato) The Niigata prefectural government on Dec. 17 asked the Ground Self-Defense Force to assist hundreds of motorists stranded overnight on the Kan-etsu Expressway due to heavy snow.  SDF members are expected to be based at the Echigo Kawaguchi Service Area and distribute goods, help remove snow and rescue vehicles stuck on the expressway, which connects Niigata Prefecture and Tokyo. From the afternoon of Dec. 16, motorists have been stranded in many areas along the expressway, according to East Nippon Expressway Co. and Niigata prefectural police’s expressway division. The culprit is a cold air mass that hung over the Sea of Japan off western Japan, dumping massive amounts of snow from Dec. 16 to the morning of Dec. 17.

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