Images of the 134 car and truck crash in Japan

There was one dead and 17 injured. The accident happened on the country’s largest highway during a heavy snowstorm

The heavy snowfall that affected the north and northeast of Japan caused an impressive Chain accident of 134 vehicles. A man in his 60s died and dozens of people were injured.

The accident happened around noon in the Tohoku autopista, near the city of Osaki (northeast). Nail 200 people they were affected by the accident, between drivers and passengers, according to figures provided by the emergency services. In addition to the fatal victim, around ten people were hospitalized, including two in serious condition, according to local media.

Apparently, the accident was caused by a truck which collided with a car shortly before noon in the middle of a storm.

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The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported that the gales and blizzards could have contributed to the accident, as the visibility in the area was almost zero at the time of the incident and recorded Gust of 100 km / h, as reported by public media NHK.

The accident included about a kilometer from the highway. Images taken from a helicopter showed dozens of vehicles and trucks passed by at the head of rescue and rescue teams at work.

Osaki authorities distributed water, food, blankets and other hygiene items to drivers and passengers of vehicles that they were blocked due to the collision.

Bad weather also led the East Japan Railway (JR East) to suspend some of its high-speed rail services in the north and northeast of the archipelago.

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Japan experienced a lot of snowfall this winter. Last month, a storm left more than 1,000 vehicles stranded on the Kanetsu Expressway for two days.

Mount Fuji, with little snow

However, the heavy snowfall did not benefit the Mount Fuji, It presents an unusual appearance due to the little snow on its iconic silhouette. The phenomenon worries the Japanese and could be due to climate change.

The Fuji by 3776 meters above sea level and whose incomparable peak can be seen on a clear day from parts of Tokyo, it received precipitation in the form of snow well below average for those winter dates.

Images captured by a satellite by NASA and released last week show a clear difference between an aerial view of the mountain from January 1, with a light blanket of snow, and one from late December 2013, almost entirely tinted in white.

According to the observations of the American Aerospace Agency, the amount of snow on the Fuji is the youngest of the last 20 years and that’s about 10% of the usual average for these dates, when an average of 12 centimeters of snow falls per week.

A team of scientists from the University of Niigata contributed to the discovery that the forests in the foothills of Fuji have expanded to a height of over 40 meters over the past four decades, due to increasing average temperatures and concentrations of carbon dioxide required for trees. .

This development, which experts attribute to climate change, would have raised the line marked by the trees and gradually reduces the characteristic white mantle that covers the top of Fuji. considered sacred and a national symbol.