NHK announced the cancellation of more than 60 flights in Japan due to bad weather

In Japan, more than 60 flights were canceled due to strong winds and snowfall. This was reported on March 17 by the NHK TV channel.

"According to airlines operating flights to and from Hokkaido airports, a total of 61 flights were canceled due to snowfall," the TV channel said.

It is specified that in some areas of the island of Hokkaido, the wind reaches 40.8 m/s. Squally winds were also recorded in the metropolitan area of Japan. Forecasters also predicted snowfall of up to 60 cm in Hokkaido and the northern part of Honshu Island.

In addition, ferry traffic was suspended between the Japanese prefectures of Chiba and Kaganawa, the TV channel added.

On February 12, NHK reported that 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 Shin Chitose Airport on the island of Hokkaido.