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Record Snowfall In Japan Forces Hundreds Of Drivers To sleep In Their Cars
Over 1,000 people in Japan were forced to spend the night in their cars on Thursday after record snowfall blanketed parts of the country.
The first few motorists traveling on an expressway connecting Tokyo with Niigata on the Japan Sea coast found their route blocked on Wednesday evening, according to media reports.
As gathered by Eko Hot Blog, the number of trapped cars grew quickly on Thursday as a barrage of snowfall swept through central and northern Japan. At one point the line of vehicles stretched for 10 miles (16.5km).
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Members of the self-defence forces were called in to provide food, blankets and fuel to motorists forced to spend the night in their cars.
The meteorological agency of Japan predicted that heavy snow would continue to fall until Friday in the region and warned drivers to be wary of frozen roads and avalanches.
A woman removing snow on the streets of Yuzawa, Japan.
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