Record snowfall in Japan forces hundreds of drivers to sleep in their cars

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/18/record-snowfall-in-japan-
forces-hundreds-of-drivers-to-sleep-in-their-cars

More than 1,000 people in Japan were forced to spend the night in their
cars on Thursday after record snowfall blanketed parts of the country.

The first few motorists traveling on an expressway connecting Tokyo with
Niigata on the Japan Sea coast found their route blocked on Wednesday
evening, according to media reports.

The number of trapped cars grew quickly on Thursday as huge quantities of
snow fell on central and northern Japan. At one point the line of vehicles
stretched for 10 miles (16.5km).

Members of the self-defence forces were called in to provide food,
blankets and fuel to motorists forced to spend the night in their cars.

Japan’s meteorological agency said heavy snow would continue to fall until
Friday in the region and warned drivers to look out for frozen roads and
avalanches.

Heavy snowfall in central Japan and along the northern coast also cut
power to about 10,000 households, prompting the government to call an
emergency meeting.

The heaviest snowfall was centred on Niigata and Gunma prefectures, which
had about 2 metres (6.6ft) of snow over three days, according to the
public broadcaster NHK.

Some of the affected drivers complained they had been left in the dark
about efforts to end the gridlock.

“I hardly slept, and I was worried because I had absolutely no information
about the situation,” a man who was driving to Tokyo from his home near
Niigata told the Kyodo news agency.

Yoshinobu Wakiya, who was driving towards Tokyo, said he had been trapped
inside his car for 17 hours.

“I never expect this much snow to fall so quickly,” he told the Asahi
Shimbun. “This is a life-or-death situation.”

Wakiya said he had been unable to sleep as he had to keep removing snow
from the exhaust pipe to prevent potentially deadly fumes from entering
his car.

“I haven’t eaten since last night, and I don’t have much water left,” he
told the newspaper. “I don’t have any information on what is going to
happen. I’m exhausted. I want to lie down and rest in a futon soon.”



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