OBIHIRO, Japan – Residents on the island nation of Japan are digging out from feet of snow as the combination of a powerful storm system and sea-enhanced precipitation led to historic amounts.

have seen a snowfall rate near the magnitude of what occurred in Obihiro, Japan. Burt cautioned that Canada, Japan and the U.S. are the only countries that maintain regular, detailed snowfall ...

TOKYO – Researchers have found that global warming contributed to the unusually heavy snowfall that hit Japan’s Tokachi region in Hokkaido and wide areas along the Sea of Japan coast in early February ...

Clouds dumped 112 centimeters of snow on the city of Obihiro during the 12 hours to 8 a.m. on Tuesday, while the town of Honbetsu also saw 85 centimeters. Coastal areas along the Sea of Japan are ...

Obihiro city in Hokkaido recorded 124 centimeters ... especially on the Sea of Japan side. Heavy snow will fall mainly inland on the Pacific Ocean side of the Tokai, Shikoku and southern Kyushu ...

Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some ... received 50 inches of snow over 12 hours, a national record. Image Obihiro, in the southern part of Hokkaido, on Feb. 4, when the city received ...

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