Six killed blizzards hit northern Japan

TOKYO: Japanese island chain north of Hokkaido weekend as blizzards swept across the snow-related incidents on Sunday killed at least six people, police and news reports said.

, A local police spokesman said a 40-year-old woman and her three teenage children found dead late Saturday Nakashibetsu, eastern Hokkaido town car was buried under snow. The car exhaust pipe as
carbon monoxide poisoning believed to have died and were blocked by snow and windows were and, Kyodo News said, adding that more than two meters (6.6 feet) of snow has been recorded in the area.



, Yubetsu in GG, Nakashibetsu the northwest, a 53-year-old man Sunday after he was found dead and her nine-year-old daughter was buried in the ice fields. Two of their home Saturday after leaving the truck disappeared. , Yes, I found out that ice and published it on her daughter's father has given her body. He was declared dead at the hospital, the girl was found not life-threatening injuries.

Japan's Meteorological Agency in Northern Japan 135 kilometers per hour (84 miles) Cape Erimo week, strong winds with gusts recorded in southern Hokkaido and has issued a warning of heavy snow.