NHK reported 118 flights canceled due to snowfall in Japan

Due to the cancellation of 118 flights due to adverse weather conditions in Japan, more than 1.6 thousand people were forced to spend the night at the airport Shin-Titose on the island of Hokkaido. This was reported by NHK TV channel on February 12.

"Wind and snow intensified at the new Titose airport on the afternoon of the 11th, resulting in poor visibility for about three hours, and according to Hokkaido Airports, 118 flights, mostly those bound for Haneda and Kansai airports, were canceled," the report said.

According to the channel, on Wednesday, February 12, flights will be carried out in the usual mode.

Earlier, February 10, it became known about the death of three people and 53 injured due to snowfalls over the past few days in Japan. As reported by the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbum, on that day the height of the snow cover in the cities of Japan reaches from 300 to more than 400 cm. Snowfall in the country has not stopped for several days.

Before that, on February 6, it was reported that 38 sections of expressways were closed in Japan, 24 railway routes were suspended and 134 flights were canceled.