JAKARTA - Record-breaking snowfall in Japan has left 30 people dead in the past two weeks, including a 91-year-old woman who was found buried under three meters of snow in front of her house, local officials said.
Extreme snowfall in Japan prompted Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government to deploy military forces on Tuesday to help affected areas, according to Japanese national TV station NHK.
Local authorities are asking people to be on the lookout for snow avalanches and piles of snow falling from roofs, NHK reported, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, February 4.
His party also warned of the possibility of power outages in the most severely affected areas, according to Al Jazeera.
As of Tuesday, Aomori City in northern Japan saw a snow pile as high as 175 cm, more than double the average for the season, according to NHK.
On Monday, the city recorded an accumulated snow of 183 cm in a number of areas, breaking a 40-year record that previously reached 181 cm in 1986.
The local governor, Soichiro Miyashita, admitted that he had asked the military for disaster assistance, especially for the elderly, many of whom live alone and need help clearing snow.
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