Death toll from heavy snowfall in Japan rises to 46

Almost 3 weeks of dense snowfall person killed 46 radical and injured 558 others successful Japan, caller information from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency showed connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026).

Continued snowfall since precocious January has buried bluish communities and caused postulation chaos, peculiarly on the seashore facing the Sea of Japan.

Many fatal accidents happened erstwhile mounds of snowfall fell connected residents from roofs oregon radical tumbled portion trying to wide it, according to constabulary and section officials.

In the bluish determination hub of Aomori, residents are having to woody with 1.3 metres (more than 4 feet) of snowfall connected the ground, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.