Overseas – Frozen blizzard, Japanese expressways

Ice – thousands of cars still got snow for the third day in a row. On expressways in Niigata Prefecture North of japan While rescuers try to dig snow to pull out vehicles one by one on December 18 (Kyodo).

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Local rescuers distributed food, fuel and blankets to drivers, some of which became sick. Along with heavy machinery and snow digger labor all night to pull cars out of the snow one by one, there are now around 670 vehicles left.

While the Japan Meteorological Department forecast that It will snow until this weekend. This is the extreme cold of the year. Ready to warn that traffic will halt And ask the people to be the most careful

The blizzard has caused electricity shortages in northern and western Japan to more than 10,000 homes and aggravated a third COVID-19 outbreak, and the country’s public health system collapsed. After 24 hours of infection, 822 people broke the second day’s record of more than 600 cases of infection, with an estimated 187,000 cases of infection and 2,700 deaths.

The same day, Sky News reported the blizzard situation in the United States. East Coast area Or the east coast From North Carolina to New England, it will experience its biggest torrents in years. Affecting more than 50 million people

Sarah Johnson, a NJ Meteorological Agency official, said the weather would be snowy. And the rain of ice crystals. Mr. Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City. Warn New Yorkers It is expected that the wind and snow will blow at a speed of 80 km / h. Snow thickens more than 30 cm. The best way to avoid the public transportation system. And adjusted to work at home

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