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January 10, 2006
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Snowfall fatalities reach 71 as more troops head north to help
The death toll from snowstorms that have blasted northern and central Japan
since early December rose to 71 on Monday after three people died while
clearing snow, police and news reports said.
Also Monday, Japan's military dispatched nearly 200 troops to the northern
Akita Prefecture to help residents shovel snow, after about 100 troops were
sent Sunday to the hard-hit central prefectures of Nagano and Niigata,
according to prefectural police and officials.
In Akita, a 51-year-old man died of head injury after falling from the roof
that collapsed while he was shoveling snow, prefectural police spokesman
Shoji Hashimoto said. Three other people were injured while trying to
remove snow in the area, he added.
In Niigata, an 89-year-old man was found dead in his snow-covered backyard
with a shovel near his body, apparently after falling from a roof while shoveling
snow, said Niigata Prefectural Police spokesman Daijiro Tamaki.
Seven others in the prefecture suffered minor injuries while shoveling snow,
Tamaki said.
In Nagano Prefecture, an 86-year-old woman died in a similar accident,
the prefectural police said.
The Nagano prefectural office said in a statement that it dispatched
a medical team Monday to the village of Sakae, which was isolated by
heavy snowfall of as much as 3.15 meters.
The three latest deaths brought the number of snow-related casualties
to 71, according to Kyodo News agency, citing its own tally as of Monday.
Many died while shoveling snow and two women died last week after a house
collapsed under the weight of snowfall on the roof.
More than 1,000 others have been injured.
More snow was expected in northern Japan on Tuesday.
Posted by jicafriends at January 10, 2006 11:38 AM
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I am so sorry to heard from people suffering. I will pray for your souls.
Carlos
Posted by: carlos kaiser at January 11, 2006 08:51 PM