By HIDEKI MOTOYAMA/ Staff Writer
December 28, 2022 at 14:19 JST
Vehicles are stranded on an expressway in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 20. (Ikuro Aiba)
Stronger cold air will flow into Japan from around Jan. 2, bringing heavy snow to northern and eastern regions mainly on the Sea of Japan side, Japan Meteorological Agency officials said Dec. 27.
Even low-lying areas are expected to be hit, they said.
The snow is then expected to fall intermittently for several days until around Jan. 7.
The snowfall is not expected to be as severe as the snowstorm that began on Dec. 17, but the JMA does not have a forecast for how much snow will accumulate or when it will peak.
JMA officials are warning of avalanches if snow piles up in areas still covered in snow from the previous storm. They are calling on people to “check the latest weather information.”
At least 17 people died in the heavy snow that started on Dec. 17, Koichi Tani, state minister for disaster management, said at a news conference on Dec. 27.
Forty-eight people were seriously injured and 33 houses were partially damaged, he added.
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