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A woman walks down a snowy street in Tokyo, Japan, on December 25, 2022.

Heavy snowfall leaves at least 17 dead and more than 90 injured in Japan

Heavy snowfall across much of Japan has killed at least 17 people and injured more than 90 when they fell while shoveling snow from rooftops.

As reported by the British newspaper The Guardian citing the Associated Press agency, strong winter fronts have dumped significant snowfall in the northern regions since last week, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on the roads, delaying distribution services, and causing 11 deaths. to Saturday.

Continued snowfall over the Christmas weekend has brought the death toll to 17 and injuries to 93 on Monday morning, according to the disaster management agency.

Many of them had fallen while shoveling snow from rooftops or were buried under thick piles of snow that had drifted off roofs.

Local authorities have urged the population to be cautious when removing accumulated snow and have asked that these tasks not be carried out alone.

The disaster management agency reported that a woman in her 70s was found dead buried under a thick pile of snow on a roof that suddenly fell on her in the city of Nagai in Yamagata prefecture, some 300 kilometers away. north of Tokyo, where snow topped 80 centimeters thick on Saturday.

Many parts of northeast Japan reported three times their average snowfall for the season. Snowfall has caused damage to a power pylon that has left some 20,000 homes without power on Christmas morning. Service was restored that same day.

In addition, dozens of trains and flights were suspended in the north of the country.