Posted on 12/20/2020 7:57:25 AM PST by rktman
Rescuers are trying to free more than 1,000 vehicles which have been stranded on a highway for two days after a heavy snow storm struck Japan.
Authorities have distributed food, fuel and blankets to the drivers on the Kanetsu expressway, which connects the capital Tokyo to Niigata, in the north.
The snow, which began on Wednesday evening, has caused multiple traffic jams along the road.
It has also left more than 10,000 homes in the north and west without power.
A Kyodo News report said that there were multiple reports of congestion at different points of the Kanetsu expressway. The gridlock began when a trailer got stuck in snow on Wednesday night.
Another Kyodo report, quoting police and highway operator East Nippon Expressway Co, said the traffic jam had stretched up to 16.5km (10 miles) along the road at one point.
Officials have been using a combination of heavy machinery and physical labour to dig out the vehicles one by one, but around 1,000 cars were still stranded on the road as of Friday noon.
"We are trying our best to rescue drivers and passengers, we are ready to continue the operation through the night," a Niigata disaster management official told AFP on Thursday night.
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No, no,! Massive snowfalls and freezing temperatures are caused by global warming. SCIENCE!!!
According to this graphic Fujiwara recorded 7.2 feet of snow in a 48 hour period:
https://twitter.com/sayakasofiamori/status/1339884908236271616/photo/1
The BBC should be BANNED for this Diatribe of Anti Science dribble. All the Science shows and says Snowfall is IMPOSSIBLE due to man made Pollution turning the Planet into a Ball of Fire. This should Qualify as a HATE CRIME for Publishing this Anti Science Crap.
What is fake about it?
Looks like a factual report to me.
It is true. The authorities badly judged the situation and allowed cars enter into the road where they were all stranded.
How is this heavy snow “fake news”?
SMDH! Sorry, left off the /S I forgot to mention that al gore and his ilk have declared there will be an end to snow due to our destroying the planet. Mostly because I drive a Dodge Ram Hemi. I’ll own it. The blame/credit that is.
See #8 this thread.
I think the “fake news” appended to the headline was satire, because under the doctrine of global warming, we’re not supposed to have snow any more.
Thanks.
Thanks. He just said that he should have done the “/S”.
Well, you know the explanation for this “cooling”?
Since most of the world has been in lockdown mode there has been a lot less driving, hence less CO2 spewed into the atmosphere, hence less global warming.
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You can be sure that that’s what the warmists will say.
Bad use of (Fake News). You should have used (Global Warming) instead. Would have gotten your point across without being misleading.
I read your headline and thought the story that I had heard about earlier was false. And I almost skipped the story and your comment.
Why do you say this story is fake? It really happened.
LOL! I addressed it in time. The “/s” I failed to attach.
See #8 this thread.
I wonder what caused the Blizzard of ‘78.
Marko
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