Ua luku ʻia ka ʻino o ka hoʻoilo ma ke komohana o Iapana mai ka hopena o ka pule i hala i ka hopena pule a kanu i kekahi mau wahi me 3 mau kapuaʻi o ka hau.
Wahi a nā luna aupuni, ʻewalu paha mau make i hoʻopiʻi ʻia i ka ʻino, a ua hōʻino pū ʻia i ka huakaʻi ʻana e ke kāhea ʻana i 1,500 mau kaʻa ma ke ala nui.
Ua heleleʻi ka hau nui ma ke komohana komohana o Iapana ma nā wahi o Niigata a me Toyama. ʻAʻole malihini kēia ʻāina i ka heleleʻi hau nui, keu hoʻi ma nā mauna ma uka mai ke kahakai. Eia nō naʻe, ke ea anuanu e neʻe ana ma ʻō a ʻae ka ʻāina e ʻae i ka hau e hāʻule i lalo i ka pae kai a ma nā wahi i loaʻa ʻole i kēia hau kaumaha.
ʻO ka hohonu o ka hau i ke kūlanakauhale o Toyama i ʻoi aku ma mua o 3.3 kapuaʻi (1 mika) no ka manawa mua i nā makahiki 35.
ʻO ka hau i ʻoi aku ka hāʻule i ka ʻākau ma Takada kahi i hōʻike ʻia ai kahi hohonu o ka hau o 8.2 kapuaʻi (249 cm).
ʻO kēia hau kaumaha a pau i alakaʻi i nā haunaele nui a puni ka ʻāina i ka hopena o ka pule i hala a ma ka hopena pule. Ua hōʻike ʻia e ka pāpāho kūloko he ʻewalu mau make i hopena ʻia ma muli o ka ʻino, a ʻo kekahi o ia mau mea e kanu ʻia ana i ka wā e hemo ai ka hau.
I ka wā ʻoi loa o ka hau, ma kahi o 1,500 mau kaʻa i kau ʻia ma ke ala ʻo Hokuriku Expressway ma Fukui Perfection. ʻO ke ala kahi ala ākea e holo ana ma ke kahakai komohana o Iāpana waena. Ma ke kakahiaka o ka Pōʻakahi, ka manawa kūloko, ma kahi o 100 mau kaʻa i kū mau ʻia. Ua hele mai kēia ma hope o ka pae ʻana o nā kaʻa he 1,000 ma ke ala nui ma Niigata ma hope o ka hau nui i Kekemapa.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- However, unusually cold air moving across the region allowed heavy snow to fall down to sea level and in areas that usually do not get this heavy of snow.
- Wahi a nā luna aupuni, ʻewalu paha mau make i hoʻopiʻi ʻia i ka ʻino, a ua hōʻino pū ʻia i ka huakaʻi ʻana e ke kāhea ʻana i 1,500 mau kaʻa ma ke ala nui.
- The heaviest snow fell along the west-central coast of Japan across the prefectures of Niigata and Toyama.
