Tourists board a bus near the train station in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 19 after record snowfall turned the surroundings into a winter wonderland. (Koichi Ueda)
Three elderly people died in Yamagata Prefecture between Dec. 18 and 19 as they toiled to remove snow after heavy snowfall blanketed northeastern Japan along the Sea of Japan, according to prefectural police.
Kimino Sugano, an 88-year-old woman, was found dead, covered with snow, lying under the eaves of her home in Obanazawa at 12:35 p.m. on Dec. 19. There was a shovel nearby.
Police said that the pensioner died apparently after a large mass of snow fell from the roof on her.
県内、きょう再び大雪も 積雪量は肘折146センチ、大井沢122センチ
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犯罪防止へ、官民一体で年末警戒 安全な街へ、巡回やチラシ配布
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仙台で積雪8cm 12月としては15年ぶり(17日午前10時現在) (2020年12月17日)
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