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SHARE STORY Snow-covered vehicles are jammed on a road in Tokyo on February 15, 2014 as traffic is disrupted after a heavy snowfall. Yoshikazu Tsuno / Getty
A traffic jam that began as heavy snow fell outside Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday still had some drivers and passengers trapped in their vehicles over 40 hours later.
The backup (not pictured above) stretched 15 km along the Kanetsu Expressway, which runs between Tokyo and Niigata prefectures, at its longest point on Thursday night, according to Japan’s highway authority, the Nippon Expressway Company (NEXCO).
By Thursday morning, after some drivers had been stranded overnight, NEXCO closed the roadway to prevent further congestion. Bits of traffic were able to inch along, but others were completely stuck. Images of the jam show a long line of immobile, snow-piled cars curving through flat white fields.
Over 1,000 in Japan Spend Night Stuck in 15-Km Traffic Jam During Heavy Snowstorm © REUTERS / KYODO
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Over the past days, Japan’s central and northern regions, including the Niigata and neighboring Gunma prefectures, have seen record snowfall, seven times above the norm for this time of year, shocking local residents, according to media reports. The wintry weather resulted in disrupting transit and causing some areas to lose power.
More than a thousand people in Japan were forced to spend Thursday night in their vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on a highway connecting Tokyo and the Niigata prefecture during an extremely heavy snowstorm, according to media reports.
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1,000 people stuck overnight in Japan traffic jam stretching 9 miles long
More than 1,000 people in Japan spent Thursday night stuck on a highway in their cars, waiting out a traffic jam with little food or water during a heavy sno.
Posted: Dec 19, 2020 10:23 AM
Posted By: CNN
More than 1,000 people in Japan spent Thursday night stuck on a highway in their cars, waiting out a traffic jam with little food or water during a heavy snowstorm.
Reports of the traffic jam, on the Kanetsu Expressway connecting Tokyo and Niigata prefectures, began emerging on Wednesday. By the early hours of Thursday morning, authorities had closed the highway entrance to alleviate clogging.
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