"Historic Snow Hits Japan & Record Snow Cause Shutdowns In Russia and China"

Source:

https://electroverse.net/historic-snow-hits-japan-russia-china-and-spain/

"A strong, winter-like Arctic front has been gripping Eastern Asia in recent days.

Focusing in on Japan, the country’s northern prefecture of Hokkaido was hit by historic snowfall on Wednesday, November 24.

In Nayoro City, Hokkaido, for example, cars have been buried after flurries touched 60cm (1.97ft) — this reading is four times the normal amount, and it broke a new record for the month of November.

More impressive records fell elsewhere:
   “Although it’s still November, unprecedented heavy snow is hitting Northern Japan’s Hokkaido,” wrote Sayaka Mori on Twitter.

“77cm (2.53ft) of snow fell in 24 hours (Tue-Wed) in Shumarinai, making it the heaviest since records started in 1981 (for any month of the year),” she added.

“When you walk on the sidewalk, your feet are buried,” said local reporter Kazuki Nakata.

“About 80 cm (2.62 ft) of snow is piled up ... ”

These unprecedented dumpings were added to on Thursday — Shumarinai’s snow total now stands at 88cm (2.89ft).

Record Flurries Cause Shutdowns In Russia…

Yakutia’s heavy snowfall that I reported on earlier in the week has now seemingly shifted south.

The town of Birobidzhan –located on the Trans-Siberian Railway, near the China–Russia border– is reporting blocked roads, closed schools, and an abandonment of public transport after two days of record-breaking snow. 

Residents were out snow-clearing on Wednesday, freeing their cars from the early and unexpected Arctic blast ...

…And China

As reported by news.cgtn.com, blizzards have hit China’s northeastern provinces as the third cold-wave of the season sweeps across the country.

Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces were among those hit hardest by the polar conditions, where provincial governments issued a ‘Level II weather disaster’ (the second highest level) which allows for the release of emergency relief funding.

Residents (aka netizens) in these regions said the flakes felt like “razor blades slicing their faces.”

Schools / kindergartens were closed, 22 highways in Heilongjiang remain sealed off, and a string of flights were canceled.

Snow totals reached record-high levels across Heilongjiang, continues the news.cgtn.com article:
   The snowpack in the eastern city of Jiamusi, for example, had piled-up to 42cm (1.38ft) at the time of writing — unprecedented totals for November.

To combat the cold, local authorities have deployed more than 4,200 people to clear snow from roads covering almost 10,000km." ...