17 dead in days of 豪雪 in Japan

Heavy snow has fallen across parts of western and northern Japan in the last 10 days

豪雪 has fallen across parts of western and northern Japan in the last 10 days

激しい 降雪 across large parts of Japan has killed 17 people over the last 10 days, with thousands of homes 苦しむing 力/強力にする outages, Japanese 公式の/役人s said Monday.

Much of the country's west coast 同様に as the northern 地域 of Hokkaido have seen 執拗な 豪雪 in 最近の days.

Some areas have seen almost a metre of 降雪 in 24 hours, 含むing the town of Oguni in northeastern Yamagata 地域, 地元の マスコミ said.

Japan's 天候 機関 has 警告するd 居住(者)s in the 影響する/感情d 地域s to 避ける travel where possible, after cars got stuck on roads in 豪雪.

政府 公式の/役人s said Monday that 17 people have been killed and dozens more 負傷させるd in the snow since December 17.

国家の 放送者 NHK 報告(する)/憶測d the dead 含むd a man who fell from a roof while (疑いを)晴らすing snow and a woman 設立する dead of 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd 一酸化炭素 毒(薬)ing in a car.

In H okkaido, tens of thousands of homes have lost electricity in 最近の days as the snow brought 負かす/撃墜する 力/強力にする lines, though most 関係s have now been 回復するd.

The 激しい 降雪 is 推定する/予想するd to 緩和する from Monday.

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