1,000 Cars Stuck in Heavy Snow in Central Japan

February 6, 2018

Fukui- Some 1,000 cars were stuck in heavy snow on National Route 8 in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, Tuesday, prefectural officials said.

The prefectural government asked for disaster relief operations by the Self-Defense Forces.

No reports of injuries or sick people have been made, according to the local river and national highway office.

The cars were held up on a section between the city of Sakai and the city of Awara, the prefectural officials said. Jiji Press