Higher temperatures may trigger avalanches and cause snow to fall off roofs in the Tohoku region and other parts of Japan that have been hit by heavy snowfall.
A winter pressure pattern and a cold air mass are expected to bring heavy snow through Saturday to the Sea of Japan side of northern to eastern Japan. The snow should fall mainly in mountainous areas.
Heavy snow is expected to hit northern and eastern Japan through Saturday mainly in mountainous areas along the Sea of Japan coast due to a winter p ...